The Shoemaker's Boy

The Shoemaker's Boy

by JoanAiken (Author), Alan Marks (Illustrator)

Synopsis

It is a night ofr visitors for Jem, the shoemaker's boy, working alone in his father's famous shop. First, three strange green children ask him for a set of silver keys, which he knows nothing about. Then a black knight comes requesting a fine pair of boots, and also the keys. But the third visitor proves to be the strangest and most magical...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 19 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 0340795204
ISBN 13: 9780340795200

Author Bio
Joan Aiken is the daughter of the poet Conrad Aiken. Her distinguished career as a writer began in copywriting, then work on 'Argosy' magazine, before the instant success of her first published children's book (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase) enabled her to write full time - which she has been doing for forty years. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award in 1969 for 'The Whispering Mountain'.