The Golden Key

by George MacDonald, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson Signed first edition hardcover of The Golden Key, a Victorian fairy tale written by George MacDonald. I divided this long fairytale in chapters, and created a 135-page chapter book with over 40 scratchboard illustrations. REVIEWS Gr 3–7—This classic, enigmatic Victorian fairy tale of two children who find, lose, and then find each other again as they search for "the place from which the shadows fall" is given a new treatment by Sanderson. The artist has divided the work into nine short chapters and illustrated it with more than 45 bold black-and-white scratchboard pictures. Mossy discovers the key he has heard about in his great-aunt's stories and is charged with locating the lock into which it fits; Tangle, a neglected orphan, follows a magical fish to a hidden cottage where a beautiful woman takes her in and lovingly cares for her. Here the two meet and venture on a quest, developing a deep friendship, then losing each other, until