Mirrors
Sparkling New Stories from Prize-Winning Authors
Published on 4. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-00-710589-2 (ISBN)
Description
Specially commissioned short stories, by prize-winning authors, on the theme of Mirrors.
READERSHIP: 10 - 14
A collection of new , specially commissioned short stories by some of the finest authors of children's books today: Anne Fine, Berlie Doherty, Leslie Howarth, Mary Arrigan, Gaye Hicilmaz, Jeremy Strong, Malorie Blackman, Elizabeth Laird , Melvin Burgess, Celia Rees, Kate Thompson, Paul Stewart, Vivian French, Alan Durant, Annie Dalton in range of genres - humour, horror, fantasy, traditional, realism and romance. The collection is aimed at good readers between 10 and 14, and the strength of the stories combined with the excellence of their authors will be certainly be welcomed by teachers, librarians and parents. Edited by Wendy Cooling, a well-known and highly respected figure in the world of education and children's books and the editor of Centuries of Stories.
READERSHIP: 10 - 14
A collection of new , specially commissioned short stories by some of the finest authors of children's books today: Anne Fine, Berlie Doherty, Leslie Howarth, Mary Arrigan, Gaye Hicilmaz, Jeremy Strong, Malorie Blackman, Elizabeth Laird , Melvin Burgess, Celia Rees, Kate Thompson, Paul Stewart, Vivian French, Alan Durant, Annie Dalton in range of genres - humour, horror, fantasy, traditional, realism and romance. The collection is aimed at good readers between 10 and 14, and the strength of the stories combined with the excellence of their authors will be certainly be welcomed by teachers, librarians and parents. Edited by Wendy Cooling, a well-known and highly respected figure in the world of education and children's books and the editor of Centuries of Stories.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
15 b/w illus, (Chapter Heads)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-710589-2 (9780007105892)
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E-Book
08/2012
1st Edition
HarperCollins
€6.99
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Person
Wendy Cooling was a teacher of English in a London comprehensive for many years. She left to head up the Children's Book Foundation [now Young Book Trust] and initiated the hugely successful Books for Babies scheme. She has edited many anthologies, including Collins Centuries of Stories, and is an acknowledged expert in ,and champion of, children's books, reading and education.