The Puffin Treasury of Stories

The Puffin Treasury of Stories

by Various contributors (Author), Judith Elkin (Editor)

Synopsis

This beautiful gift book, a celebration of children's fiction of the twentieth century, contains extracts from writers as diverse as Jacqueline Wilson, Anne Fine, J R R Tolkien and Rudyard Kipling. There's humour, adventure, fantasy and fairy-tale in this introduction to the century's classics - the Iron Man and the Borrowers rub shoulders with Bilbo Baggins and Charlie.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 01 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0141383240
ISBN 13: 9780141383248
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Author Bio
Judith Elkin worked in children's libraries and is now Dean of Faculty of Computing and Information Studies at the UCE in Birmingham. She is a highly-respected reviewer and anthologiser. She was given the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children's literature. Judith lives in Birmingham.