Mary Kate Storybook

Helen Morgan was born in 1921. She lost her sight at the age of twelve, but partially regained it a year later. She learned braille and trained as a shorthand typist for the blind, but her ambition was always to write and she spent most of her early years working on short stories and poetry. She married in 1954 and had three children. Klappentext New shoes, a birthday kitten, losing a teddy, being a bridesmaid, going to hospital, starting school . . . Each of these stories focuses on a new experience for Mary Kate, demonstrating how day-to-day events in a young child's life can seem like exciting adventures.New shoes, a birthday kitten, losing a teddy, being a bridesmaid, going to hospital, starting school . . . Each of these stories focuses on a new experience for Mary Kate, demonstrating how day-to-day events in a young child's life can seem like exciting adventures.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Morgan
• Assisted by: Shirley Hughes (Illustration)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2000
• EAN: 9780571206605
• ISBN: 978-0-571-20660-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 199 mm x 19 mm
• Series: FABER CHILDREN*S CLASSICS; FF Childrens Classics; FABER CHILDREN*S CLASSICS; FF Childrens Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Growing Up; School