Amy Le Feuvre

Me and Nobbles (Dodo Press) Amy Le Feuvre

Amy le Feuvre who died in 1929 was a prolific author of children's books with a strong Christian message. Amongst her famous works are: Teddy's Button (1896), Probable Sons (1895), His Big Opportunity (1898), A Puzzling Pair (1898), Bulbs and Blossoms (1898), A Cherry Tree (1901), The Making of a Woman (1903), The Buried Ring (1905) and The Chateau by the Lake (1907). "'My name is Robert Stuart Allonby. ' And he would raise a pair of wonderful brown eyes as he spoke, in anxious doubt as to whether his name would be liked. Bobby showed a good deal of anxiety about different things. His favourite sentence was always, 'I wonder, Nurse --' and very often, noting the impatient frown on his nurse's face, he would stop there, and turn away to his favourite corner in the window-seat, which he shared with 'Nobbles, ' the comfort of his life. "