| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
157 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
My birthday / Laurie Lee -- Uninvited ghosts / Penelope Lively -- How the bee became / Ted Hughes -- Talking bow tie / Morris Lurie -- One that got away / Jan Mark -- Kate Crackernuts / Alison Lurie -- Day Grandfather tickled a tiger / Ruskin bond -- Mrs. Dog First-Child and Monkey-Mother / James Berry -- When Emil got his head stuck in the soup tureen / Astrid Lindgren -- King and the "K" / Emily Smith -- When Grandma took a back seat / Nancy |
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Blishen -- Moving day / Roger Squire -- Narrow squeak / Dick King-Smith -- Barrel of chicken / Robert Newton Peck -- King who was fried / Edward Blishen -- House of colored windows / Margaret Mahy. |
| Summary |
A collection of traditional and modern stories from around the world by such authors as Edward Blishen, Astrid Lindgren, Margaret Mahy, and Robert Newton Peck. |
| Subject |
Children's stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Blishen, Edward, 1920-1996.
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Reid, Michael, 1958-, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
1856975452 paperback $5.95 |
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