“Beyond the stream, with its borders of yellow-green willows, there rose a smooth, round hill, bare of woods, or houses, with only one huge tree at the very top and with what seemed like a tiny cottage clinging to the slope just below the summit.”

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Teen siblings Oliver and Janet Peyton are excited to pay a summer visit to their jolly Cousin Jasper, but when they arrive at his fine house in Medford Valley, they find that something is amiss. Cousin Jasper is inexplicably moody and withdrawn, and instead of entertaining his young cousins in his usual avuncular fashion, he leaves them almost entirely alone. The siblings seem doomed to a dull visit until they stumble upon an old cottage at the top of a hill which is occupied by a local beekeeper and his daughter. An entrancing storyteller, the Beeman captivates Oliver and Janet with tales of the valley’s history stretching back hundreds of years—and these tales just might contain the clues they need to unravel the mystery behind Cousin Jasper’s misery and to set things right in Medford Valley.

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Windermere Press is pleased to present this new edition of Cornelia Meigs’ 1921 Newbery Honor book as part of our Vintage Reprints series of classic and hard-to-find children's books.

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• Complete and unabridged text from the 1921 edition published by the Macmillan Company

• One of the very first books to receive the Newbery Honor in 1922

• Reviewed by our editors for transcription and printing errors

• Standard, traditional book formatting

• Thoughtfully designed with vintage-inspired fonts and decorative details

• Colorful covers and coordinating designs make attractive additions to any bookshelf