Mrs. Merryweather's Letter (Tales from Fern Hollow) cover

Mrs. Merryweather's Letter (Tales from Fern Hollow)

by John Patience

Mrs. Merriweather writes a letter to her friend, Mrs. Willowbank, which takes many detours on its journey. Despite being blown around all day and night by the wind, Mrs. Merryweather's letter manages to reach its intended destination. goodreads member: John Patience (13 followers) John Patience was born in Lancashire, England, in 1949 and trained in typography and book design at the Harris College in Preston, Lancashire. After college, he worked briefly as a designer for a couple of publishers in London, England but he really wanted to have his own children's books published. He did various jobs to earn a living, whilst writing and developing his skills as an illustrator. John's first self-authored illustrated children's book was published in 1980 - 'The Seasons in Fern Hollow'. Over the next few years this grew into four further series called 'Tales from Fern Hollow', eventually totaling 17 titles. Since then John has had more than 100 titles published in many countries around the world and translated into many languages. He has written, designed and illustrated both "flat" books and pop-up books. He lives with his wife in rural France and as well as his writing and illustrating he enjoys producing digital sculptures

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?