Project Gutenberg 2004-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 133 Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 Townesend, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Hodgson, Frances Eliza Cady, Harrison 1877 1970 Cady, Walter Harrison Cady, W. Harrison (Walter Harrison) Racketty-Packetty House, as Told by Queen Crosspatch Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. HTML file produced by David Widger from the text file of Nicole Apostola "Racketty-Packetty House, as Told by Queen Crosspatch" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a charming children's book written during the early 20th century. This delightful tale explores the lives of a group of dolls who live in a shabby dolls’ house, contrasting their joyful existence with the newly introduced, elegant Tidy Castle. The book encapsulates themes of friendship, resilience, and the intrinsic value of happiness over materialistic standards. The story revolves around the Racketty-Packetty family's experiences as they face the threat of being discarded due to their old-fashioned appearance and unrefined neighborhood. As Cynthia, the little girl who owns the dolls, becomes enamored with the more fashionable Tidy Castle dolls, the Racketty-Packetty dolls—led by characters like Peter Piper and Lady Patsy—embrace their uniqueness and find joy in their fun-filled, albeit tattered lives. With interventions by Queen Crosspatch, a fairy who looks out for them, the Racketty-Packetty family ultimately wins the affection of a visiting princess, ensuring their survival and transformation into beautiful dolls, all while maintaining their cheerful and good-natured spirits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairies -- Juvenile fiction Social classes -- Juvenile fiction Dolls -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Literature Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 88414 88384 2024-10-04T07:59:38.207813 2023-10-04T07:35:12.270961 text/html text/html 87274 2021-01-26T21:53:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 929496 2021-01-26T21:53:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1031249 2024-10-04T07:59:44.644802 application/epub+zip 1031529 2024-10-04T07:59:41.778786 application/epub+zip 97333 2024-10-04T07:59:40.412792 application/epub+zip 1206991 2024-10-04T07:59:46.597779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1196130 2024-10-04T07:59:43.749766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246770 2022-09-04T11:06:31.371730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71500 71445 2024-10-04T07:59:37.800795 2023-10-04T07:35:11.859948 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 72167 2020-12-26T19:43:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 25729 2020-12-26T19:43:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 71170 2020-12-26T19:43:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25597 2020-12-26T19:43:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23342 2024-10-04T07:59:46.730747 application/rdf+xml 21756 2024-10-04T07:59:40.969777 image/jpeg 4612 2024-10-04T07:59:40.682800 image/jpeg 1035038 2024-10-04T07:59:38.267855 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia