Most children, you might think, would look forward to a holiday in California. But at first the Winter family didn't want to go at all. For Rachel it meant giving up her first real job as a dancer, for Tim it meant missing the chance of being taught the piano by the great Jeremy Caulder, and for Jane, the middle one, the difficult one who didn't shine in anything in particular, it was worst of all, she had to leave her dog, chewing gum, behind. Yet they couldn't make a fuss, for their father had been ill and needed the sunshine. When there are arrived, so many exciting things happened they forgot their black moods and disappointment. Rachel met Posey Fossil, now a famous ballerina, and her sister Pauline, Tim found a piano, and Jane who behaved rather badly because she was missing chewing gum so much had the biggest adventure of all... this is a light-hearted vintage children's book by the best of storytellers. It would make a fantastic addition to anyone's collection of vintage Puffin Books.

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Author - Noel Streatfeild 

Title - The Painted Garden 

Publisher - Puffin Books, Penguin 

This edition date - 1961

Format - Paperback 

Condition - Good condition for its age. 

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