Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams of a place to call her own. Mandy, the first children's novel ever written by the beloved star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews, is a modern classic.

(Ages 8 to 12) -Emilie Coulter From the Publisher:īook Description Paperback.

Fans of Julie Andrews Edwards- Sound of Music star of stage and screen-will be thrilled to see her latest children's book, Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea, or to an earlier favorite, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. Judith Gwyn Brown's Edward Gorey-esque pen and ink drawings (with none of Gorey's sinister air) are quietly memorable. Any sometimes-lonely child with a giant imagination will recognize Mandy's dreams and rejoice in her ultimate fairy-tale happy ending. Holding her secret closer and closer to her heart, this imaginative dreamer inadvertently endangers her reputation-and her life.įor every child who has fallen in love with The Secret Garden or A Little Princess, Julie Andrews Edwards's 1971 novel will be a heartwarming discovery. Embarking on a clandestine domestic fantasy involving gardening tools and soap flakes, Mandy finds herself being less than honest about where and how she's spending her days. This lonely ache sets her to wandering farther afield, and leads her to a startling and wonderful discovery over the orphanage wall-a very old, very small, seemingly abandoned cottage. Really, what does Mandy have to worry about? So it comes as a surprise even to Mandy when a small restlessness begins to grow in her. Then, one stormy night at the cottage, Mandy gets sick, and no one knows how to find her - except a special friend she didn't know she had.For an orphan child whose life is filled with comfortable, predictable sameness, with no particular hardships, life is, well, all right. Sometimes, to guard her secret, she even lies. Sometimes she 'borrows' things she needs from the orphanage. All through the spring, summer, and fall, Mandy works to make it truly hers. Escaping over the orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy discovers a tiny deserted cottage in the woods. 'Mandy' was the first children's novel written by Andrews and was published in 1971. Dust jacket is unclipped ($17.99 on back panel) and Fine. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. This unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding in cream over maroon boards stamped in gold. Signed by Julie Andrews Edwards on the title page.

Second, Newly Illustrated Edition, Later Printing.

Mandy book by julie andrews