Snakes and Ladders

Snakes and Ladders

by Ann James (Illustrator), RobinKlein (Author), RobinKlein (Author)

Synopsis

Poems about the ups and downs of life by one of Australia's most popular authors for children. Robin Klein writes of home and school, brothers and sisters, friends and enemies, triumphs and disasters, dreams, schemes, insomnia, hypochondria and much, much more...all with her own brand of humour and insight. Ann James' quirky illustrations are a perfect match.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Children's Books
Published: 01 Feb 1994

ISBN 10: 1863736158
ISBN 13: 9781863736152

Author Bio
Robin grew up with eight brothers and sisters and a mother who wrote short stories. She left school at fifteen, and for the next twenty-five years worked at all sorts of jobs including nursing, raising her four children, librarianship, painting and craft. Since then, Robin has become a well-known writer of picture books, poems, short stories and novels for children, including Boris and Borsch and the Penny Pollard series. Her books have won many awards, and have been published around the world. She received the 1991 Dromkeen Medal for Services to Children's Literature. Ann James is Co-director of Books Illustrated, a Melbourne gallery for children's book illustration. She has illustrated many successful books, including Robin Klein's Penny Pollard series, and her own picture books, One Day and Finding Jack.