Title The good master / written and illustrated by Kate Seredy

Published London : Harrap, 1937 London : George G. Harrap, 1953

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB SPCBC	819 Seredy Kat/Gma		LIB USE ONLY
ADPML SPCHL	819 Seredy Kat/Gma		LIB USE ONLY

Description 190 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm Summary âÂÂThis distinguished book for boys and girls from eight to twelve describes the people and customs of the great Hungarian plains. It is the story of the boy Jancsi who lives with his mother and his father, the âÂÂGood Master,â on a farm in Hungary; about his cousin, Kate, who comes from the city to live with them, and whose headstrong ways an d temper are set right by the kindly understanding of the âÂÂGood MasterâÂÂ; about KateâÂÂs and JancsiâÂÂs races on horseback across the plains, their fun at the fair, their trouble with the gipsies; about the shepherd who made wood carvings, and whose tales kept the children listening till sunset. â -- Dust jacket Notes First published: 1937 Kate Seredy: 1899-1975 Audience For children Subject Adventure stories -- Juvenile fiction. Children -- Hungary -- Juvenile literature. Children -- Hungary -- Juvenile fiction. Country life -- Hungary -- Juvenile fiction. Farm life -- Hungary -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Great Alföld http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056596 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Hungary -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105935 -- 1867-1918 -- Juvenile fiction Hungary -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105935 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. Author Seredy, Kate, illustrator ISBN 0245562184

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