Stopping For a Spell: Three Fantasies:Chair Person; the Four Grannies; Who got Rid of Angus Flint? - Softcover

Jones, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140379371 ISBN 13: 9780140379372

Publisher: Puffin, 1996

Synopsis

A collection of three funny fantasy tales about weird happenings, magical mayhem, and twisting plots includes the story of an armchair that is transformed into a person, four grandmothers coming for a visit at once, and a friend of one's father who refuses to leave. Reprint.

About this title

Review:

“...Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers’ hopes and fears...”
Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Diana Wynne Jones spent her childhood in Essex and has been writing fantasy novels for children since 1973. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she has been enthralling children and adults with her work ever since. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children’s Book Award in 1981, and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. She is married with three sons, and lives in Bristol with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140379371
• ISBN 13: 9780140379372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160