The Crystal Pool: Myths and Legends of the World (Myths and Legend of the World Series) - Hardcover

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689822669 ISBN 13: 9780689822667

Publisher: Margaret K McElderry, 1999

Synopsis

With stories such as "The Silver Treasure," "The Golden Hoard," and "The Bronze Cauldron," a collection of more than twenty tales presents young readers with a collection of stories, legends, and myths from around the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Geraldine McCaughrean has written over 140 books and plays for both adults and children, including Peter Pan in Scarlet, the official sequel to J M Barrie's Peter Pan, which was one of the most talked about and successful children's titles of 2006. Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award (three times), the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award (four times), the Blue Peter Book of the Year award and the Blue Peter Special Book to Keep Forever award. Geraldine is the first author to have been short listed, by librarians, for the Carnegie Medal six times, on at least one occasion in each of the past four decades, thus once again recognising the quality of her writing over the years.

Geraldine McCaughrean's novels and retellings for children have won her the CARNEGIE MEDAL, GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD, WHITBREAD AWARD and THE BEEFEATER AWARD. A prolific author who writes for all ages, she lives in Berkshire with her family.
Visit her website at www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk

About this edition

• Publisher: Margaret K McElderry
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0689822669
• ISBN 13: 9780689822667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Willey Bee