The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley
About 25 years ago I was dating a girl (CHM) who gave me a copy of the book "The Land of Green Ginger" by Noel Langley. It had been a traditional bedtime storybook in their family for a couple of generations. She actually gave me two copies, one dogeared and tattered copy that had been in her family for about 40 years to actually read and a newish copy to keep. I returned her "family" copy and reread my copy several times. Over the years what with moving and everything I misplaced the copy she gave me and although it's a kids book it is a fun book for a couple of hours for adults so i've spent a about 15 years looking for a new copy as it was out of print, i tried a few out of print services but they couldn't find a copy that wasn't disgustingly manky. a couple of weeks ago I was messing around on amazon and happened to type "the land of green ginger" and "noel langley" in the searchbox and up popped several copies along with the information it had been reprinted. I'm going to order a copy but before I do i decided to check the Brooklyn Public Library catalog and see if they had a copy, they do, several in fact. I placed a hold on it and was able to pick it up last saturday. I was involved with several other things until last night when I got a chance to sit down and read it. It is still as good as I remember it both for kids and adults. If want to buy a book for your kids or a nephew, neice, cousin, aged parent for Christmas it's a pretty good book to get them (make sure you read it before you wrap it, you'll thank me 
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[Note: The reprinted edition available in the States isn't as nice as the "original" british puffin/penguin edition but I maybe just going all nostalgic and make sure it's the Noel Langley book of that name and not one of the myriad other boosk with the same name.]
Wikipedia page on noel langley
amazon link for "the land of green ginger by noel langley"
