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The "Lion at School" and Other Stories: Lion at School; Runaway; Brainbox; The Executioner; Hello, Polly!; The Manatee; The Crooked Little Finger; The ... Scissors; Secrets (Young Puffin Read Alouds)
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Product Description
A collection of gorgeous, classic stories from award-winning Philippa Pearce, bringing a little bit of magic to the everyday!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #328465 in Books
- Published on: 2001-12-06
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
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About the Author
Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read English and history at Girton College. She was a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers as well as writing some of the best-loved books of the 20th century. She won a Carnegie Medal for TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN and a Whitbread Prize for THE BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK.
Customer Reviews
These are the best children's short stories I have read
These stories are written with a very special talent. They are probably pitched at the 8-10 range, yet I have successfully read them aloud to my 4 6 and 8 year old, the youngest of whom is used to childish picture books and cannot normally listen to full prose. The stories are varied, interesting, and psychologically very real, without any preaching or messages. I would have been happy to read them on my own. I think the secret, or part of the secret, is the excellent quality of the prose. It is sensible, immediate, and beautifully clear, and makes for excellent reading aloud
