THE IMPRACTICAL CHIMNEY SWEEP

by Rosemary Anne Sisson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1956

The Adventures of Ambrose (1952) may be remembered as a quiet little animal fantasy in the traditional English manner and likened to this, another wistfully imaginative tale, engaging in its own way. A hundred years ago John William, a chimney sweep's boy, was a person who liked sweeping for its own sake; up there in the soot and darkness he felt as if he were climbing towards the stars. Small John Williams' gift of gaiety, of turning bad into good carries into the houses and hearts of the people whose chimneys he cleans and into his adventures with the Gypsies in the woods and the Gpysy Queen who brings him his own true love, Romany. Soft and gentle.

Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Watts

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION