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Informationen zum 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. 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. Klappentext Suitable for seven-year-olds to share or read alone, this title includes fifteen stories from some of our best-loved authors, including Philippa Pearce, Rudyard Kipling and Francesca Simon. Find out how the camel got his hump, how Jimmy learnt to vanish and what Horrid Henry got up to on holiday... Zusammenfassung Suitable for seven-year-olds to share or read alone, this title includes fifteen stories from some of our best-loved authors, including Philippa Pearce, Rudyard Kipling and Francesca Simon. Find out how the camel got his hump, how Jimmy learnt to vanish and what Horrid Henry got up to on holiday......
