Books like Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
When Nan, Robert, Timothy and Betsy Linnet are locked away by their grandmother while their father travels to Egypt, the children team up to escape. They ride a pony to their uncle Ambrose’s house on Dartmoor, where he welcomes them and encourages exploration of the countryside.
In the village they meet eccentric residents and discover the town is under a spell cast by the witch Emma Cobley. The Linnets begin a quest to find the missing Valerian family and to lift the witch’s enchantment, blending adventure and supernatural elements in early twentieth‑century English country life.
First publish date: 1964
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Elizabeth Goudge
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