Ship That Flew (Oxford Children's Modern Classics) [Paperback]

Hilda Lewis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 19, 1998

When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures, to different countries, and to different times. And why should magic ever end?

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About the Author

Hilda Lewis was born in London and lived for much of her life in Nottingham. The Ship That Flew was first published in 1939. Hilda Lewis died in 1974.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Oxford Childrens (March 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192717685
• ISBN-13: 978-0192717689
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #857,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Time Favorite Book, December 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ship That Flew (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book, which I've read dozens of times, and it still moves me. I first read it 40 or more years ago, and when I found it again recently, I was just as enchanted by it, and now appreciate it on other levels. I still want to wander a tiny English seaside town and find my own magic ship.
I recommend it to anyone-children, teens, adults, seniors. It has something for everyone.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transporting, January 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ship That Flew (Hardcover)

As a child, I was in love with magic, with history, with the idea that children could manage, on their own, to have great adventures. This book both helped to spark and confirmed all those interests and feelings. I have recommended it for years and now that my child is six, can't wait to re-read it myself before reading it to him. It far outshines, in my opinion, many widely available books; I am trying to encourage the Independent Booksellers Association to push for its reissue into availability. This book is ranked with The Narnia Chronicles, E.Nesbit's books and the Elizabeth Enright's books, in my mind. If you buy and enjoy this book, try those as well and also Henry Ransome's series from the 30's that begins with the title Swallows and Amazons. The stories of the great Ship enchanted me as a child and still move me today.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Books Are Good Books, May 16, 2002

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This review is from: The Ship That Flew (Hardcover)

I read this book as a child,simply for the story. Now, as an adult, and a would-be educator (wannabe, really) I find myself coming back to the story of the children and their magic ship again and again. As I grew older, I read grander tales of more complicated magic... and greater historical scope... but every now and then, I would return to this story. It gives a different taste of magic... the Norse tradition is too little explored, at times; and a smattering of several interesting periods in history... Norman England, Egypt in the time of the great pharaohs.... even a visit to the Norse gods themselves. Age constraints notwithstanding... a good literature is good literature. Given the current resurgence in magic in children's literature... this deserves a reprint!!