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The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Four Year Olds (Kingfisher Treasury of Stories S.)

The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Four Year Olds (Kingfisher Treasury of Stories S.)

by Carolyn Dinan (Illustrator), Carolyn Dinan (Illustrator), Nancy Blishen (Compiler), Edward Blishen (Compiler)

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Synopsis

Twenty-four top tales! A brilliant collection, specially selected to appeal to four year olds. The collection features a host of famous and best-loved children's writers including Dick King-Smith, Italo Calvino, Alison Lurie, Leila Berg, Joan Aiken, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban. Each story is wittily illustrated with lively half-tone artwork by Caroline Dinan. From the everyday to the amazing, her are stories about a paper palace, a thin king, a toy donkey, a very fierce bear and a flying apple pie. This wideranging anthology of funny and exciting stories is sure to enthrall and entertain all young readers.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Publisher: Kingfisher Books Ltd
Published: 19 Sep 2005
ISBN 10: 0753412535
ISBN 13: 9780753412534

Media Reviews
Barbara L. Talcroft - Children's Literature Twenty-four stories culled from other collections and at least one picture book make up the contents of this anthology in the Kingfisher Treasury series. Ranging in date of publication from 1952 to 1994 in Britain, they vary in appropriateness and quality, though most are by well-respected authors like Joan Aiken, Margaret Mahy, and Dick King-Smith. A few stories are too long; some are dated, especially the ones like Mrs. Mopple's Washing Line taking place on the kind of farm seldom seen any more by most American children. The best ones are the folk tales: Five by Barbara Sleigh, a Jamaican adaptation of an Anansi tale; Alison Lurie's The Black Geese, a story about Russian witch Baba Yaga; and The Goose and Her Little Iron House, an Italian folk tale retold by Italo Calvino (although its length may challenge the attention spans of some young listeners). One can't help thinking that most four-year-olds would rather enjoy a story in single picture book format with the original color illustrations. Illustrator Dinan does her best with black-and-white substitutions, but it is not the same. Who would want to deprive pre-schoolers of, for example, Margaret Bloy Graham's marvelously funny pictures for Harry and the Lady Next Door? Librarians and teachers will have to work hard to make the stories appealing to a group--one parent with one child would be more satisfying. Older browsers may enjoy reading some of the tales themselves, while several might make good selections for storytelling. 2005 (orig. 1997), Kingfisher, Ages 4 to 8.
Author Bio
Edward and Nancy Blishen have long been recognized as expert authorities on children's literature. In 1970, Edward Blishen won the Carnegie Medal (jointly with Leon Garfield) for The God Beneath the Sea. He also compiled the acclaimed anthology, Children's Classics to Read Aloud, published by Kingfisher. Together, Edward and Nancy Blishen compiled several treasuries for Kingfisher, including The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Children and the age-ranged Treasury of Stories for... series. Nancy Blishen lives in Hertfordshire.