​​​​​​THE WORCESTOR SISTERS

RJMilton Publishing

Abigail Worcestor:  Born: January 23rd, 1897        Died: October 25th, 1995

Isabelle Worcestor: Born: December 31st, 1898    Died: October 25th, 1995

     All that is known of their history, other than what is found in their books written for children, is that their Father, Frederick, was a carpenter and artist who died in 1956 and, to keep themselves company, they began putting together stories & artwork they had worked on during their lives until they found themselves with 39 children's books and a book of 16 Tales.  It is also known that Isabelle would die first, apparently from long-term heart ailments.  Abigail would die, hours later, of a heart broken by the loss of her baby sister.​  Before letting herself go, she removed the tatted throws and candles that had covered the tops of two steamer trunks resting on each side of the door to the veranda.  Inside the one on the left were packages of artworks neatly bound with the titles firmly attached.  The trunk on the right had equally neat, and matching, manuscripts. The handwritten note, tied with a ribbon to the small nail that usually held the Christmas wreath (and treats of other season during the year) to the front door stated simply: 

     Each year, at the start of each season, please take a package from one trunk and then its "sister" from the other...Stir gently and feed the stories to  children...and the ideas & things they may generate of value - to children...who can grow up and do the same...again and again...and, again like the tides.

     THE STORIES:

     The Sisters of Little Hope                      When It Floated Ashore                        The Dream of the Blue Turtle

     She Made Crab, Apple Pies                   The Summer Parrot                                Lighthouses, Darkhouses

     The Pond by the House                          The Temporary Bride                             The Lost Days of Aaron Devine

     The Charm Bracelet                                The Retreat of the Falling Star            Nurse Arlene

     The Legend of Flying Point                    Rented for a Wedding                           So Close to France

     The Forever Bowl of Candy                   In Her Cashmere Hat                            Grandmother's Country

​     The King of Magic                                   Baseball Comes to Little Hope            Father Brings the Minstrels

     Empty Frames                                          Over Scrapbooks & Tea                         The Man From the Storm

     I Wish I May Wish                                  All the Clouds in the Sea                      The Garden Mask

     A Cat in My Soup (Little Pest)              Jazz                                                            Neither Fish Nor Fowl

     Do the Windows Open                          Maps to Find the Way                            A Night in the Forest

     Silent Flowers                                          The Mill Moth                                          Through Windows                               

                                                         When Some Little Girls Were Cowboys                                  

                                                       Oceans of Words; Webs Painted on Rocks

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                                                             The Worcestor Sister's Tales