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Informationen zum Autor Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives. Her books include Egg Drop , The Pea and the Princess (shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), Biscuit Bear (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award), Traction Man is Here (winner of the Boston Horn Book Award and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), and Traction Man meets Turbodog . Mini Grey is one of the Big Picture's ten Best New Illustrators. Klappentext Taking inspiration from numerous fairytales and weaving them into a wholly original story INTO THE WOODS is a whirlwind of a novel full of imaginative happenings dastardly deeds and thrilling adventure.Our guides are sisters three: Storm Aurora and Anything Eden. Accidentally orphaned and left to fend for themselves in a decaying mansion on the edge of the wilds they come to the very much unwanted attention of the sinister Dr DeWilde: a scar-faced gentleman with a pied waistcoat and an unhealthy interest in rats. He's after a tiny little musical pipe that Storm has inherited and he'll stop at nothing to get it.Fleeing into the woods our courageous and eccentric sisters evade kidnap (almost) resist the temptation of sweet-filled orphanages (nearly!) and begin a treacherous journey across raging rivers over mountains of ice through deathly silent ghost towns and beyond the lairs of child-eating ogresses. With ravenously hungry wolves snapping at their heels every step of the way!Featuring wonderful illustrations by award-winning illustrator Mini Grey INTO THE WOODS is a classic tale with a very modern twist and will delight readers of every generation. Zusammenfassung Taking inspiration from numerous fairytales and weaving them into a wholly original story, INTO THE WOODS is a whirlwind of a novel, full of imaginative happenings, dastardly deeds and thrilling adventure. Our guides are sisters three: Storm, Aurora and Anything Eden....
