The Gift Giving: Favourite Stories
$26.57
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2016
Summary
‘Joan Aiken’s invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon’ PHILLIP PULLMAN
‘One of the most important and interesting children’s fiction writers of the last fifty years’ NEIL GAIMAN
‘The Gift Giving is the perfect selection of stories to introduce readers to this precious and incredible author’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
‘The voice that tells these stories …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349005898 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349005893 |
| Author: | Joan Aiken, MBE, Peter Bailey, Joan Aiken |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Witty and endlessly inventive - Chris Riddell
Joan Aiken’s invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come - Philip PullmanIt is the mixture of irrepressible gaiety and invention with the tragic that makes Aiken one of the great children’s authors … impossible to calculate the number of people who have enjoyed her books - who have had some magic injected into the mundane - Sunday TelegraphShe was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew - Amanda CraigAbout The Author
Joan Aiken, MBE
Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was born in Rye, Sussex. She was the daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and her step-father was English writer Martin Armstrong.
Joan Aiken wrote over one hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognised as one of the classic children’s authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are The Wolves of Willoughby Chase chronicles and the Arabel’s Raven series, but she is also famous for her brilliant short stories. Joan Aiken received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction. She was decorated with an MBE for her services to children’s books.
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