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A Necklace of Raindrops And Other Stories: The Cat Sat On the Mat; There's Some Sky in This Pie; the Elves in the Shelves; the Three Travellers; the ... Cat; a Bed For the Night; the Patchwork Quilt

A Necklace of Raindrops And Other Stories: The Cat Sat On the Mat; There's Some Sky in This Pie; the Elves in the Shelves; the Three Travellers; the ... Cat; a Bed For the Night; the Patchwork Quilt

by Joan Aiken (Author), Jan Pienkowski (Author)

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 80
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Puffin Classics
Published: 07 Dec 1995
ISBN 10: 014036613X
ISBN 13: 9780140366136

Author Bio
Jan Pienkowski was born in Warsaw in 1936. After creating his first book at the age of eight, Jan went on to excel in his chosen field of design, working in such diverse areas as television, theatre and greetings cards. Published in 1968, A Necklace of Raindrops was the first of several wonderful collaborations between Jan and Joan Aiken - and it was also the very first book Jan illustrated. For over forty years, he has also worked on the Meg and Mog books. He has since twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration, and has created many instantly recognizable classics. Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken. Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. In 1999 Joan Aiken was awarded an MBE for her services to children's books.