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Willa and Old Miss Annie (Racers S.) - Softcover

Doherty B; Lewis K

 
9780744536843: Willa and Old Miss Annie (Racers S.)

Synopsis

A collection of three stories about a little girl called Willa, who moves with her family to a new home, where she meets Old Miss Annie. At first Annie is afraid of the old woman because of her woolly hair and tiny voice and bumpy, twisted hands, but soon they become the best of friends. One of the things that they have in common is a great love of animals, which is at the heart of these three country tales, featuring respectively a goat, a pony and a fox.;Berlie Doherty has won the Carnegie Medal twice, for "Granny Was a Buffer Girl" and "Dear Nobody". Her books for young people also include "Spellhorn" and "White Peak Farm".;Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, "The Shepherd Boy". She has since written and illustrated four more rural tales, "Emma's Lamb", "Floss", "First Snow", "The Last Train" and "My Friend Harry".

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Review

"* "Three miniature masterpieces." The Junior Bookshelf * "Beautifully told and illustrated... A warm, happy treat." The School Librarian

About the Author

Berlie Doherty has written many books for young people and has twice won the Carnegie Medal - for Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody. Her other titles include The Midnight Man, Willa and Old Miss Annie (Highly Commended for the 1995 Carnegie Medal) and the picture book anthology Tales of Magic and Wonder. She also writes poetry and plays, and has adapted her own books for television and radio. Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, The Shepherd Boy. She has since written and illustrated several more rural tales - Emma's Lamb, Floss, First Snow, The Last Train, My Friend Harry, One Summer Day, Friends, Just Like Floss, Little Baa and A Quilt For Baby - set on the Northumberland sheep farm where she lives with her husband and two children.

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