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The Gift Giving: Favourite Stories (Virago Modern Classics)
Joan Aiken
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Description for The Gift Giving: Favourite Stories (Virago Modern Classics)
Paperback. A volume of Joan Aiken's own favourite stories, collected here for the first time. Illustrator(s): Bailey, Peter. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 5AJ; YFA; YFU. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 126 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come' PHILLIP PULLMAN 'Favourite stories, like unexpected presents, are things that you can keep and cherish all your life, carry with you, in memory, in your mind's ear, and bring out, at any time, when you are feeling lonely, or need cheering up, or, like friends, just because you are fond of them.' Joan Aiken is justly famous for her Wolves ... Read more
'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come' PHILLIP PULLMAN 'Favourite stories, like unexpected presents, are things that you can keep and cherish all your life, carry with you, in memory, in your mind's ear, and bring out, at any time, when you are feeling lonely, or need cheering up, or, like friends, just because you are fond of them.' Joan Aiken is justly famous for her Wolves ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349005898
SKU
V9780349005898
Shipping Time
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About Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was born in Rye, Sussex. She was the daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and her step-father was English writer Martin Armstrong. Joan Aiken wrote over 100 books for young readers and adults and is recognised as one of the classic children's authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are The Wolves ... Read more
Reviews for The Gift Giving: Favourite Stories (Virago Modern Classics)
Witty and endlessly inventive
Chris Riddell Some books are like coming home: warm and comfortable. Aiken manages to balance this assurance with the unexpected and wildly imaginative - like coming home to an ocean in your hallway, a small boat waiting to carry you out through the kitchen into a wide and sparkling sea. The Gift Giving is the ... Read more
Chris Riddell Some books are like coming home: warm and comfortable. Aiken manages to balance this assurance with the unexpected and wildly imaginative - like coming home to an ocean in your hallway, a small boat waiting to carry you out through the kitchen into a wide and sparkling sea. The Gift Giving is the ... Read more