The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby [Paperback]

Palmer Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); 1st Camelot Printing Oct. 1973 edition (October 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0685395405
• ISBN-13: 978-0685395400
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,332,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Silver Nutmeg, November 4, 2004

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A Mom (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (Paperback)

This was one of my favorite books when I was young. I even saved it in a box of special things because I loved it so much. Recently I got it out to read to my 9 year old son and he is eagerly waiting each night for a new chapter. I went online today to see if we could get the predecessor - "Beyond the Paw Paw Trees" and was blown away by the price! I can't believe how expensive these books have gotten - the publisher needs to do a reprint and introduce this book to another generation of children. This is a wonderful, imaginative story and gently told with vivid descriptions. After re-reading it lately with my son, I have come to realize how influential this book has been in my life with many of it's ideas that I thought were originally mine - they obviously became my own!

If you can afford it, buy it for a child you love. It will change their heart for the better!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars please reprint, March 31, 2005

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Catherine E. (Yakima, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (Paperback)

I want to add my voice to the one which asked the publisher to reprint this book. I read it as a child and loved it. It has wonderful pictures and the story is charming. I have never forgotten it. It is one of my favoriate books. Whoever published this book, please reprint it so I can afford to share it with my daughter.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars charming children's tale of love and pathos, March 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (Paperback)

Palmer Brown is a children's author who writes with delicacy and charm. The protagonist of The Silver Nutmeg is a child who loves nature and learns an understated lesson about love. Highly recommended. The author shows great respect for the innocence and innate delicacy of feeling which most, perhaps all, children possess.