Birdy and the Ghosties

Birdy and the Ghosties

by JillPatonWalsh (Author), Alan Marks (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Sometimes, Birdy watches her father row people across the dangerous sea, but when the wrinkled old woman asks to be ferried across, Birdy jumps in too. The woman tells Birdy that she has second sight, but Birdy isn't sure she wants this special gift. However, soon she finds that looking twice at things can bring the most unexpected results...With an engaging story told in short chapters, and illustrations in black and white and colour on every double-page spread, this short novel is ideal for newly confident readers.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 25 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 0340795247
ISBN 13: 9780340795248
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Jill Paton Walsh won the Smarties Prize in 1995 for Thomas and the Tinners

Media Reviews
A master storyteller whose characters spring off the page and into life. Oxford Times
Author Bio
Jill Paton Walsh is a distinguished writer, best-known for her adult novel, Knowledge of Angles, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. Among her many children's titles are The Dolphin Crossing (widely acknowledged as a modern classic); Gaffer Samson's Luck (Winner of the Smarties Prize); The Emperor's Winding Sheet (Winner of the Whitbread Award) and Thomas and the Tinners (Winner of the Smarties Prize).