Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers. Anna James

      

      

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

      Published in this ebook edition in 2018

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      Source ISBN: 9780008229870

      Ebook Edition © September 2018 ISBN: 9780008229887

      Version: 2019-06-10

       For my sister Hester, who is made of the same stories as me

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

1. The View From the Gate of a Fairground

2. No One has Proper Adventures in Real Life

3. Other People’s Memories

4. Somewhere Adventures Live

5. Magic, Mischief, Nonsense

6. Trouble Always Starts When You Are Out of Proportion With Who You are Talking to

7. Imaginary Friends

8. A Bit of Nonsense Never Hurt Anyone

       9. Read Outside Your Comfort Zone

       10. Fictional by Definition

       11. Try to Make a Little More Space For the Impossible to Happen

       12. At Active Imagination

       13. The Story is the Thing

       14. An Excellent Plot Twist

       15. It Just Felt Like the Right Book

       16. Welcome to the Underlibrary

       17. Legere Est Peregrinari

       18. Some Books are Far Safer Than Others

       19. Getting Lost in a Good Book

       20. The Absolute Safest Books You can Travel Into

       21. Time Works Differently in Books

       22. An Incredibly Bad Idea

       23. This is Why You Should Always Follow the Rules

       24. Everything has Tilted on its Axis

       25. More Than Neat Plot Devices

       26. The Last Page

       27. The Ordinances of Bookwandering

       28. Stories are For Reading

       29. Book Magic is the Only Sort We Have

       30. Fairy Tales

       31. Curiosity Creates the Very Best Adventures