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The Box of Delights

The Box of Delights

by Quentin Blake (Illustrator), John Masefield (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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    Paperback 1984

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Synopsis

This is a new edition of a classic text - with stunning illustrations from a much-loved illustrator.'And now, Master Harker, now that the Wolves are Running, perhaps you could do something to stop their Bite?'A magical old man has asked Kay to protect the Box of Delights, a Box with which he can travel through time. But Kay is in danger: Abner Brown will stop at nothing to get his hands on it.The police don't believe Kay, so when his family and the Bishop are scrobbled up just before Christmas, he knows he must act alone...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Published: 01 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 1405232536
ISBN 13: 9781405232531
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Author Bio
John Edward Masefield (1878-1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, two novels Captain Margaret and Multitude and Solitude and a great deal of memorable poetry, including The Everlasting Mercy , and Sea-Fever , from his anthology Saltwater Ballads. Quentin Blake's first drawings were published in Punch when he was 16. He is known for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen, and, most famously, Roald Dahl. He has also created much-loved characters of his own. His books have won numerous prizes and awards, including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize. He won the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and in 2004 he was awarded the 'Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres'. Now in his 70s he is recognised as 'a national institution'. In 1999 he was appointed the first ever Children's Laureate.