Tea, crumpets, and commotion--that's what Miss Read's two stories, both featuring a pair of British Berkshire villages, serve up. Written by one of England's most prolific and best-loved contemporary writers, these gentle reads describe the villagers' attempts to keep a fertile field from becoming a development and a windstorm that causes the loss of a prized chalice. June Barrie's right-as-rain accents take the listener down cobbled streets and into homes, shops, and the two-room schoolhouse. Her vocal shifts from educated schoolmistress to rough farmer to upstart schoolboy convince listeners they're hearing a cast of many go about their cozy country ways. E.V. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine--
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Miss Read, headmistress of Fairacre School, learns of a new housing development that soon has the citizens of Fairacre up in arms. And in 'The Fairacre Festival', after a storm damages the church roof, the villagers must raise money for repairs.