Magical Stories for 5 Year Olds

Magical Stories for 5 Year Olds is a bright and varied selection of marvellously magical stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time again.
With stories from Joan Aiken, Margaret Mayo, Alf Proysen, Margaret Mahy and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

About the author

Helen Paiba is known as one of the most committed, knowledgeable and acclaimed children's booksellers in Britain. For more than twenty years she owned and ran the Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London, which under her guidance gained a superb reputation for its range of children's books and for the advice available to its customers.

Helen was involved with the Booksellers Association for many years and served on both its Children's Bookselling Group and the Trade Practices Committee. In 1995 she was given honorary life membership of the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland in recognition of her outstanding services to the association and to the book trade. In the same year the Children's Book Circle (sponsored by Books for Children) honoured her with the Eleanor Farjeon Award, given for distinguished service to the world of children's books.

She has selected stories for many children's short story collections for Macmillan, including Magical Stories for Five Year Olds, Funny Stories for Six Year Olds and Scary Stories for Eight year Olds.

She retired from bookselling in 1995 and now lives in London.

Summary

A collection of funny stories sure to delight eight-year-olds, with a gorgeous new cover illustrated by Adam Stower.

Foreword

A collection of funny stories sure to delight eight-year-olds, with a gorgeous new cover illustrated by Adam Stower.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Paiba, Paiba Helen
• Assisted by: Helen Paiba (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.2016
• EAN: 9781509806171
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-0617-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Macmillan Children's Books Story Collections
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > First reading age, pre-school age; Fiction > Narrative literature; Kinder/Jugendliche: überlieferte Geschichten, empfohlenes Alter: ab 5 Jahre, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Anthologies: general, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Interest age: from c 5 years