![]() ![]() She tells travelers she will be visiting her grandmother in Aylesbury. This inspiration is a primary theme of the story, which begins, "This is a story about wishing." Ivy suggests that she could instead go to her grandmother in Aylesbury, a surprising inspiration, since she has no grandmother. Miss Shepherd, the head of the home, cannot take Ivy home with her, so she decides to send her to an infants' orphanage, a train ride away. Agnes orphanage has closed for Christmas, and all the children except Ivy have been dispatched to various homes for the holiday. The story has been adapted into a stage production by the same name and a 1991 animated Christmas television program entitled The Wish That Changed Christmas. The story treats the simultaneous events of wishing for love, in Ivy, a young orphaned girl, and Holly, a Christmas doll. On first publication it was illustrated by Adrienne Adams, but later editions were illustrated by Barbara Cooney the British Puffin edition is illustrated by Sheila Bewley. ![]() The Story of Holly and Ivy is a 1958 children's book written by Rumer Godden. ![]()
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