- Paperback: 204 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Classics (25 Mar 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141317167
- ISBN-13: 978-0141317168
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 170,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the small town of Otwell. The father is a dustman and the mother a washerwoman, but because they are poor the children find even greater opportunities for adventure in their ordinary lives. There's practical Lily Rose, the oldest who is full of 'Big Ideas', then Kate who is plain but extremely bright, next are the twins James and John, who get into all kinds of mischief, followed by Jo, who loves films, little Peg and finally baby William.
The Family from One End Street has a lively family setting, is full of wonderfully funny adventures and sure characterisation - a truly classic book awarded the Carnegie Medal as the best children's book of 1937.
About the Author
Eve Garnett was born in 1900 in Worcestershire, and studied art at Chelsea Polytechnic and the Royal Academy School of Art. Whilst a student, she sketched the people of the East End slums and was haunted by the poverty she had witnessed, resolving to do something to bring the plight of the working-class family to people's attention. The Family from One End Street was originally published by Frederick Muller in 1937, followed by The Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street in 1956, and Holiday at Dew Drop Inn in 1962. She died in 1991.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book after hearing the author Jacqueline Wilson recommend it on T.V., up till then I'd never heard of it. ( It was published in the 1930's, long before I was born). Let me tell you I'm so glad that I did! This book is excellent. I was intrigued by Ms Wilson's comments on how the book is about poor children with holes in their clothes, and it makes such a change to read about the adventures of a working class family rather than the usual more privileged children. It's not a dark kitchen sink drama either. This book is full of the charm and humour of what life can be like in a large family with not much money to go round. Even though it was written in the 1930's it has suprisingly modern language and turns of phrase, the only aspect of the book which gives away it's age is the freedom the children enjoy. Walking for miles by themselves, smuggling on to boats, been given lifts by strangers...a lot of it will make the modern reader gasp, and feel a bit sad that we live in a much more cautious age.
The Puffin classic edition is beautifully published with Eve Garnett's original charming illustrations,a gorgeous cover and red endpapers.
Lastly, I think that this book will appeal to both boys and girls,as the adventures are had by both. I loved reading this book!!
The Puffin classic edition is beautifully published with Eve Garnett's original charming illustrations,a gorgeous cover and red endpapers.
Lastly, I think that this book will appeal to both boys and girls,as the adventures are had by both. I loved reading this book!!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book 30 years ago and remember it vividly; it is one of the books that has stayed fondly in my memory ever since. The family are realistic, the "adventures" are plausible and being a sensitive child I could relate to them very well. The family may be from a different era but the issues - lack of money, big families are as relevant today as ever. Really a book to cherish forever.
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My aunt bought me this book in 1956, when I was 10. It was always one of my great favourites.
It's a lovely book. I've never forgotten it. I think Eve Garnett won the Carnegie Prize with it in about 1947. If you've got a child who loves reading, do buy them this book. I've just found it while browsing through Amazon, and I'm going to buy myself a new copy of it and read it again.
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Wonderful book!
I read and re-read this many times as a child, and still have the sequal. Now I'm 41 and am enjoying sharing this with my almost 6 year old. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nik E
Still a brilliant book!
I read The Family From One End Street when I was about nine years old. A marvellous book, and one which will never be forgotten. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. M. J. Darke
Great characters still appeal to today's children
I loved this book as a child, and recently bought it for a little girl of 8 who loves reading. Although she has no idea what pre-decimal money is and other little mysteries in the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Hil
A well remembered classic
This book made a great impression on me when I first read it aged around 8 or 9 at primary school in the 1960's. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs Pisaroni
Memories are made of this
Remebered that I had this book as a child, and ordered it so that I can keep it on my bookshelf for my grandchildren to read. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Jazzy
A delightful tale, with charming characters :-)
I picked up this book a few days ago and was delighted to find that at the end of the first chapter there was a paragraph that I had seen quoted in another book years ago - so it... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by E. King
Adventures of a Dustman's family
Eve Garnett wrote this lovely book about the Ruggles family so working-class children she encountered whilst doing 'slum work ' in the 1930s might have literature they could... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by booksetc
BLISSFUL MEMORIES
I first read this when I was about 9 yrs old and re read it over and over again. I lost mY copy and forgot about it until about 12 yeras ago when I saw a copy on my friends... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2008 by Mrs. D. M. Edwards
The ten stories shine like pearls on a strand.
The ten stories of "The Family from One End Street" (1937) shine like pearls on a strand. Each one, at its core, has the roughness of the simple life to which Eve Garnett adds... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2007 by Zoe Brillantes
The family from One End Street
I loved this book as a child (in the 1970s) and have loved reading it again, this time out loud to my own daughter aged 7. Lovely gentle book.
Published on 5 July 2007 by SJJ
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