SuitabookI Saw Three Ships
Elizabeth Goudge
- Reading
- Read together and pause before Christmas morning to invite predictions about what Polly may find; afterwards, compare them with what happens without needing to settle what the events mean.
- Themes
- Christmas hope and the Three Wise Men: Polly hopes the Three Wise Men will visit and leaves her window open on Christmas Eve. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- An orphan living with aunts: Polly is identified as an orphan living with Dorcas and Constantia, her two elderly aunts. This family arrangement is part of the story, but its emotional treatment and the circumstances behind it are not established.
- Worth knowing
- Polly is described as an orphan living with two elderly aunts. Consider whether that family situation is something your child would want to discuss while reading.