Color and black-and-white illustrations by Rosalind Thornycroft. Bridget and her Mummy and her sisters, Chloe and Nan, and her doll Gianina lived in Italy in a villa on the top of a hill above Florence. There are all kinds of stories to be told about the sunny land of Italy, with its orange trees, its carnivals and its strange food. Some are adventures that really happened to Bridget and her family, such as the trouble everyone had the week the great white oxen with their scarlet tassels did not bring the pasta up the hill. Others are stories told to the three girls at bedtime, such as how King Nero of Tripoli gathered pasta for the Italians from the sea and the birds and the sky. Here are 20 tales of humorous realism and poetic fantasy by Eleanor Farjeon, a well-known and gifted storyteller. - GoodReads
