At the Back of the North Wind trucks " "Cousin Greylegs

" "Cousin Greylegs

" - Publishers Weekly

The Cunning Shoemaker

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At the Back of the North Wind trucks " "Cousin GreylegsYoung Diamond is the son of a coachman and lives in a drafty coach house. While filling the holes in the wall with hay to stop the wind coming through Diamond angers the North Wind who wants her "window". Becoming friends, the North Wind takes Diamond adventuring to places he could never have dreamed of, but also seems to get up to much mischief. This edition features 115 illustrations taken from several early editions of this timeless tale.