Seven Days Wonder, by Elizabeth Denys, for Timeslip Tuesday

Back again with a time travel book for this Tuesday!  Seven Days Wonder, by Elizabeth Denys, illustrated by Margery Gill, is the sort of book that readers of mid-20th-century fiction will pounce on, and then if they are me they will be very happy to see that it's a time travel book! 

It's a rather sweet story of a lonely little Victorian girl, Louisa, who slips through time into the mid 20th century when she falls while swinging and is unconscious.  When she comes to herself, the house and garden that should be familiar is all wrong; not nearly as grand and tidy as it should be....and she quickly realizes that something very strange has happened. She is, in fact, in mid 20th century England. 

Though the house is not nearly as grand as it was, the family who now live there give her a warm welcome. This is the first she has had the constant company of children her own age to enjoy. Much of the book is about the modern kids being amused by Louisa encountering strange things, and Louisa struggling to make sense of the modern world.  This grows a bit old, but the parts that highlight the family are charming; these are really nice parents, and the friendship between Louisa and 20th-century Peggy (a first for Louisa) is good reading.  

What I would have liked more of--there is one visit to the attic, where old odds and ends are stored.  Louisa recognizes many of them.  There are some treasures found, but I wanted more poking for family mementos etc. in dusty trunks than I got!  

Even though the time travel part felt repetitive after a while, the charm of the family story parts was very pleasing. I had to round up to get to four stars, because it is a little too young for grownup me to love, but I still enjoyed it lots and regret that this seems to be the only book she wrote...Since I'm the only one who's read it on Goodreads, I linked to it on Internet Archive instead, in case other fans of gentle 20th century English girl's fiction are interest in reading in.....