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Old Peter's Russian Tales

Old Peter's Russian Tales

by Arthur Ransome (Author), Faith Jaques (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Includes twenty traditional tales told by Old Peter to his two gradchildren.

$41.99

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1 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 18 Jan 1984
ISBN 10: 0224029592
ISBN 13: 9780224029599
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years

Author Bio
Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post. Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake District.