287E: Children robbed in forest as they come home from a fair

This was a hardback picture book we read in the library in the 1980s. Two or three children go to a fair. On the way to or at the fair they get some small items (possibly a gold star?), which are put in a ‘cornucopia’. I think this was pictured as a paper cone. On the way home through the forest, robbers steal their treasures. I think it had the line ‘what wicked robbers to steal such precious things’, the point being these are items of no commercial value, but things of wonder to the children.

1 thought on “287E: Children robbed in forest as they come home from a fair

  1. Stephanie Woodland

    Is it the Three Robbers? It was my husband’s favourite story to read to our kids

    Good Luck!

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