Books from the Attic : Treasures from an Irish Childhood

Books from the Attic : Treasures from an Irish ChildhoodAuthor: Taylor, Alice Ireland Published on 10 May 2021 by O'Brien Press Ltd (Brandon) in Ireland. Paperback softback 256 pages, 35 Halftones, colour 131 x 197 x 32 312g Alice Taylor takes a look back at the well used schoolbooks she used in her youth in the 1940s and 1950s. Flicking through the pages of the books and recalling poetry and prose she learned at school, Alice reminisces about these texts, how she related to them and how they integrated

Author: Taylor, Alice

Ireland

Published on 10 May 2021 by O'Brien Press Ltd (Brandon) in Ireland.

Paperback / softback | 256 pages, 35 Halftones, colour
131 x 197 x 32 | 312g

Alice Taylor takes a look back at the well-used schoolbooks she used in her youth in the 1940s and 1950s. Flicking through the pages of the books and recalling poetry and prose she learned at school, Alice reminisces about these texts, how she related to them and how they integrated with her life on the farm and in the village.

In her warm, wise way, Alice reflects on poems and stories on topics ranging from birds, trees and nature to fairy tales and legends, and ties them in with her own knowledge and memory of traditional country life.

Containing the text of the poems that readers will remember from their own school days, and evocatively illustrated with photographs of the school books and Alice’s notes on them, as well as nature, flora, fauna and objects associated with schools of old, this is a reminder of childhood days and a treasure trove of memory.