1970s or 1980s children’s book or possibly short story, little girl travels back in time and meets older ladies in a Victorian style house and era, they use a warm brick called a “pig” between her blankets to warm her feet on cold nights. The ladies seemed strange to me at the time but I can’t recall why. She might have gone through a secret door in her own house to get to them but I’m confusing it with Coraline and Narnia perhaps!
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‘A Traveller In Time’ by Alison Uttley?
“This is probably one of the first “time slip” books written for children and was itself first published nearly 70 years ago. It is the story of Penelope, a girl from the early 20th century with “too much imagination” who is sent to stay with her great-aunt in an ancient Derbyshire manor house. Penelope finds herself slipping back in time via doors in the house, to join the inhabitants of the 1580s, the time of Elizabeth 1st and Mary Queen of Scots.”
Sounds like a great tale, Sue, and I will check it out very soon! Thank you for responding to my inquiry.
Perhaps “The Wicked Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House” also known as “The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden” by Mary Chase?
Sherri, YES, THAT IS IT! I can’t believe I finally found out the title of this book! You are amazing and I really appreciate your response to my inquiry. I have been searching for this for at least a decade. I got a copy of the book and read it last night. It’s just like I remember my fourth grade librarian reading to all of us kids as we sat enthralled on the floor of the school library so long ago. I love this story and will read it again and again. I highly recommend it! Thanks so very much Loganberry Books for providing this service.
This is “The Wicked Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House” also known as “The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden” by Mary Chase.
Many many thanks, Sherri, this is the one! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I do!
I googled a garbled description and it brought me here! I’ve been trying to remember and find this book for decades! Thank you!
I am almost certain this is the same book I’ve wanted to find! But i could only remember two obscure details – one of which was the warming brick so my jaw dropped when I found this! The other was the kitchen(?) floor transforming from faded, beat up to fresh new linoleum – which probably left a memory because I didn’t know what linoleum was LOL. I though she went back to house with a large family of girls but was very vague. But tte pigeon title stirs a memory and I can’t wait to read it 🙂