Format: Hardback

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (1981)

Pages: 84

They opened the lid to the wicker chest. Inside were a tiny boy with golden curls, an equally tiny boy with hair all different shades of brown like a bowl of nuts, and a strange musical instrument. The boys were both sound asleep and a note was wound in the instrument's silver strings. 

Set in the New England at the turn of the century, The Dulcimer Boy combines the most satisfying elements of classic children's literature - adventure, wickedness, goodness and deep unvoiced emotion.