Why the Sea Is Salt
1993
First Published
3.32
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages
In a retelling of a Norwegian folktale, kindly Matilda's generosity toward a stranger brings her a magic butter churn that gives her family everything it needs, and brings her greedy uncle exactly what he deserves.
Avg Rating
3.32
Number of Ratings
19
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
21%
3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
16%
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Author
Vivian French
Author · 115 books
Vivian June Isoult French MBE was born in 1945 and educated at Exeter University. Vivian French was best known in school for being extremely skinny and for talking a lot. At school she developed an attachment to words and later became an actor, then a storyteller, and finally a writer of children's books. She is the author of more than two hundred books. Ms. French lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has four grown daughters.
