Diamond and the North Wind

"I have been asked to tell you about the North Wind. I am going to tell you about a boy who met North Wind and how it fared with him in the beginning."

Thus starts this classic fairy tale. Diamond is a boy who lives in a  carriage house and is visited by the North Wind. She takes him with her as she flies through London and does her work. This newly illustrated story is an excerpt from At the Back of the North Wind, written by beloved Scottish author, George MacDonald, and first printed in 1871.

Diamond and the North Wind is an illustrated story about a boy living in London in the 1800's. His father is a coachman for a rich gentleman, and Diamond's family lives in the carriage house. North Wind visits Diamond through the cracks in the wall of his bedroom in the hayloft. She takes him with her through the air as she does her work. This story is an excerpt from the classic fairy tale At the Back of the North Wind, written by beloved Scottish author, George MacDonald, and first printed in 1871.

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and minister who wrote over 50 volumes of novels, essays, poetry, and children's stories. He was one of the most beloved writers of the 19th century. At the Back of the North Wind, one of MacDonald's fairy tales, was published in 1861 as a serial piece in the children's magazine, Good Words for the Young. It was first published as a stand-alone story in 1871. This book, Diamond and the North Wind, is an excerpt from the original story, and is newly illustrated by Juliette Watts.