The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories

Wendy Cooling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2001
Puffin (Verlag)
978-0-14-130661-2 (ISBN)

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Offers a collection of Christmas stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, plenty of the magic of Christmas.

The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classics from all eras.

A new collection of Christmas stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, plenty of the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross and Malorie Blackman.

Wendy Cooling, a former teacher and Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Book Trust), works as a freelance book consultant, reviewer and editor. She recently put together the successful millennium collection, CENTURIES OF STORIES. Wendy livesin Hertfordshire.

Wendy Cooling (1941-2020) taught English in London secondary schools for many years before moving to BookTrust, a charity that supports reading to children and adults. There she founded Bookstart, their flagship national programme that gives books to babies and toddlers to encourage parents and carers to foster a lifelong a love of reading. Wendy edited many short story and poetry anthologies for children and travelled the world talking about children's books and the importance of reading. In 2006 she won the Eleanor Farjeon Award for her outstanding contribution to children's literature, and was honoured to receive an MBE from the Queen in 2009. Wendy died in June 2020, aged 78.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2001
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	126 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
Schlagworte	Englisch; Kinder-/Jugendliteratur • Weihnachten; Kinder-/Jugendlit.
ISBN-10	0-14-130661-0 / 0141306610
ISBN-13	978-0-14-130661-2 / 9780141306612
Zustand	Neuware