The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories

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. Klappentext Wendy Cooling (Author, External Editor) Wendy Cooling taught English in London secondary schools for many years before moving to BookTrust, a charity that supports reading to children and adults. There she created the Bookstart project giving books to babies to encourage parents and carers to share books from the very beginning. Wendy has edited many short story and poetry anthologies for children and continues to travel the world talking about children's books and reading. She was honoured to receive an MBE from the Queen and an Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children's literature. Wendy lives in London and she still loves reading! Zusammenfassung Christmas is coming! A delightful collection of stories for Yuletide by some of the finest writers for children which makes a perfect stock-filler Christmas gift. The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classic and contemporary stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross, Trish Cooke, Malorie Blackman and Jacqueline Wilson.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Wendy Cooling, Cooling Wendy
• Collaboration: Wend Cooling (Editeur), Wendy Cooling (Editeur)
• Edition: Puffin UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: 7 à 9 ans
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780241377178
• ISBN: 978-0-241-37717-8
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Thèmes: A Puffin Book; The Puffin Book Of...
• Catégories: Livres pour enfants et adolescents > Premiers livres, livres préscolaires; Christmas, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Children’s / Teenage: Anthologies