Stories of Children

An exceptionally handsome, large-format gift edition of timeless fairy tales by Oscar Wilde. Spectacular full-color paintings illustrate six of Wilde's best-loved stories, including "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", and "The Selfish Giant". Full-color illustrations.

About the author

Oscar Wilde was born in Ireland in 1854 and is known for his poetry, plays and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. He died in Paris in 1900.P.J. Lynch was born in Belfast in 1962, the youngest of five children. He studied art at Brighton Art College (where one of the tutor's was Raymond Biggs) and is now a well-established and critically acclaimed artist. He has won the Irish Bisto Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal (twice) and the Mother Goose Award.

Product details

• Authors: P J Lynch, P J Lynch, P. J. Lynch, P.J. Lynch, Osca Wilde, Oscar Wilde
• Assisted by: P.J. Lynch (Illustration)
• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2000
• EAN: 9780340841716
• ISBN: 978-0-340-84171-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 267 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, For primary education, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories