The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories - Softcover

Cooling, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141306610 ISBN 13: 9780141306612

Publisher: Puffin, 2001

Synopsis

The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classics from all eras.

A new collection of Christmas stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, plenty of the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross and Malorie Blackman.

Wendy Cooling, a former teacher and Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Book Trust), works as a freelance book consultant, reviewer and editor. She recently put together the successful millennium collection, CENTURIES OF STORIES. Wendy livesin Hertfordshire.

About this title

Book Description:

PUFFIN BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES joins the successful Puffin age-ranged series of STORIES FOR FIVE-, SIX-, SEVEN-, EIGHT-, NINE- and TEN-YEAR-OLDS edited by Wendy Cooling.

About the Author:

Wendy Cooling taught English in London secondary schools for many years before moving to BookTrust, a charity that supports reading to children and adults. There she created the Bookstart project giving books to babies to encourage parents and carers to share books from the very beginning. Wendy has edited many short story and poetry anthologies for children and continues to travel the world talking about children's books and reading. She was honoured to receive an MBE from the Queen and an Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children's literature. Wendy lives in London and she still loves reading!

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141306610
• ISBN 13: 9780141306612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176