Hilary McKay

Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-Spun (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Gibb, Sarah

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book was originally published in hardback as Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales.

Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-Spun is a classic fairy tale collection to treasure. Featuring Hilary McKay's imaginative retellings of key favourites, this ten-story collection includes the much-loved tales of Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Swan Brothers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Red Riding Hood, the Twelve Dancing Princesses and Hansel and Gretel.

This gorgeous gift book features black-and-white line and tone illustrations throughout from the talented Sarah Gibb.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529006940
• Artikelnr.: 53984536

Autorenporträt

Hilary McKay is a critically acclaimed author who has won many awards, including the Guardian Children's
Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Exiles, and the Whitbread (now the Costa) Award for Saffy's Angel.
Hilary studied Botany and Zoology at the University of St Andrews, and worked as a biochemist before the
draw of the pen became too strong and she decided to become a full-time writer. Hilary lives in Derbyshire with her family.

Sarah Gibb studied at Saint Martin's School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) before completing her MA in Illustration at Brighton College of Art. After landing regular spots in the Telegraph and Elle magazine, Sarah went on to illustrate Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series, many classic children's fairy tales and even the Harrods Christmas window display. She lives in Wandsworth, London.

Inhaltsangabe

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o Introduction - i: Introduction
* Chapter - 1: The Tower and the Bird or Rapunzel
* Chapter - 2: Straw into Gold or Rumpelstiltskin
* Chapter - 3: The Roses Round the Palace or Cinderella
* Chapter - 4: The Fountain in the Market Square or The Pied Piper of
Hamelin
* Chapter - 5: Chickenpox and Crystal or Snow White and the Seven
Dwarves
* Chapter - 6: The Prince and the Problem or The Princess and the Pea
* Chapter - 7: Over the Hills and Far Away or Red Riding Hood and the
Piper's Son
* Chapter - 8: Things Were Different in Those Days or The Twelve
Dancing Princesses
* Chapter - 9: What I Did in the Holidays and Why Hansel's Jacket Is So
Tight (by Gretel, aged 10) or Hansel and Gretel
* Chapter - 10: Sweet William by Rushlight or The Swan Brothers
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o Section - ii: About the Author
o Section - iii: About the Illustrator
o Section - iv: Bibliography/Further Reading