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Yorkshire Dales
"Th' world's all fair begun this mornin', it has," says Dickon about springtime in Yorkshire in The Secret Garden. Yorkshire hills and dales are the perfect place to hike or simply stroll with kids through lovely scenery, filled with farms, wildlife, medieval abbeys and ancient towns.
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Yorkshire Dales

   

North York Moors National Park

    Brontes Parsonage Museum (Haworth, near Bradford) – Visit the Parsonage in Haworth, home to Emily and Charlotte Bronte. Haworth is surrounded by theYorkshire moors where the sisters rambled while they wrote their rambling novels. Even if your kids haven't read the Bronte novels, the moors will give them something to remember.
      From the charming village of Haworth, take footpaths to Bronte Falls, Bronte Bridge and the Bronte Stone where the sisters wrote stories. Farther up on the moors is Top Withins, a ruin on a windy hillside, thought to be the setting of Wuthering Heights.
Mother Shipton's Cave (Knaresborough) – Mother Shipton's Cave is one of those oddities, where water from the Petrifying Well above seeps down into the cave. Over the years, people have brought everyday objects which quickly become encased in stone, A tourist site since 1630, it's "England's oldest attraction."
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The Brontes  
The Brontës
Catherine Brighton

"Haworth moors are the biggest and best garden in the world," says Charlotte in this captivating picture book about the four extraordinary Brontes – Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne. Glowing illustrations capture scenes of the Bronte children inventing games and dreaming of imaginary characters, writing and sewing their own tiny books. This is a gem!
(Picture book)

 

     
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, Jane E. Gerver

Easy-to-read version of Charlotte Bronte's classic. Orphan Jane Eyre takes a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. She falls in love with Edward Rochester, but there's a mystery brewing, and Jane is separated from her beloved Rochester. (Easy reader)

 

 
Jane Eyre
     
The Secret Garden  
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor

Sent to live in a gloomy manor on the bleak Yorkshire moors, Mary and her friend Dickon bring a neglected garden back to life. Bring this timeless favorite on your trip to read while you explore Yorkshire. (Chapter book)

 

     

Wonderful Victorian-style adventure in Yorkshire – cousins Bonnie and Sylvia, helped by Simon, narrowly escape ravenous wolves in the snow, only to fall into the clutches of a scheming governess, who's taken over Willoughby Chase. (Chapter book)

Simon's adventures continue in Black Hearts in Battersea and the exciting conclusion of the Wolves Chronicles, Midwinter Nightingale and The Witch of Clatteringshaws.

 

 
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
     
James Herriot's Treasury for Children  
James Herriot's Treasury for Children
James Herriot, Ruth Brown, Peter Barrett

Irresistible collection of James Herriot's lovable animal stories, beautifully illustrated – a black kitten finds a new pink mother, a sheepdog only barks one, a spring lamb sneaks out under a fence, a cow finds her way home, and more. (Chapter book, illustrations)

 

     
Horse in the House
Ben M. Baglio

Mandy's loves animals (her parents are Yorkshire veternarians), but Mandy has a special affection for Matty, a silver-gray mare. When Matty's elderly owner auctions off his other horses, Matty somehow disappears. Heart-warming horse story with lots of local color. (Chapter book)

 

 
Horse in the House
(More children's books on other England pages)
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