Wendy Cooling

Broschiertes Buch

The Puffin Book of Stories for Eight-year-olds

Beschreibung

Children will be spellbound by the amazing characters in this fabulous collection - a greedy king, a very bad giant, a fairy queen and lots more... Perfect for eight-year-olds to share or read alone.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• The Puffin Book Of...
• Verlag: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9780140380521
• ISBN-10: 0140380523
• Artikelnr.: 21484614