In the last few years, I have fallen in love with the Fairacre series, by Miss Read (the pseudonym for English author, Dora Saint). Fairacre is an imagined English village, and the stories about the life and people in this village as told by the village school teacher are absolutely delightful. Not everything is idyllic in the village, but nonetheless, I would love to live there, and I thoroughly enjoy my time spent there when I’m reading one of the books in the series. When I finish reading the Fairacre series, I will most happily move on to her Thrush Green series. Thrush Green is another village full of more delightful stories.

This is an ongoing personal reading challenge…one of my “Reading Journeys.”  I haven’t been reviewing each of the books I’ve read in the series, but this post is where I will keep track of the ones I read and link to the ones I review.

The Fairacre series:

1. Village School – 1955
2. Village Diary – 1957
3. Storm in the Village – 1958
4. Miss Clare Remembers – 1962
5. Over the Gate – 1964
6. Village Christmas – 1966
7. Fairacre Festival – 1968
8. Emily Davis – 1971
9. Tyler’s Row – 1972
10. Christmas Mouse – 1973
11. Farther Afield – 1974
12. No Holly for Miss Quinn – 1976
13. Village Affairs – 1977
14. The White Robin – 1979
15. Village Centenary – 1980
16. Summer at Fairacre – 1984
17. Mrs. Pringle – 1989
18. Changes at Fairacre – 1991
19. Farewell to Fairacre – 1993
20. A Peaceful Retirement – 1996

The Thrush Green series:

1. Thrush Green – 1959
2. Winter in Thrush Green – 1961
3. News from Thrush Green – 1970
4. Battles at Thrush Green – 1975
5. Return to Thrush Green – 1978
6. Gossip from Thrush Green – 1981
7. Affairs at Thrush Green – 1983
8. At Home in Thrush Green – 1985
9. School at Thrush Green – 1987
10. Friends at Thrush Green – 1990
11. Celebrations at Thrush Green – 1992
12. Year at Thrush Green – 1995

The Caxley Chronicles:

• The Caxley Chronicles Omnibus: The Market Square and The Howards of Caxley

Other Works by Miss Read:

• Tiggy – 1971
• Fresh from the Country – 1955
• Mrs. Griffin Sends Her Love