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The Oxford Book of Children's Stories
Jan Mark
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Description for The Oxford Book of Children's Stories
Hardcover. Very good copy in fine dustwrapper.First edition
Children's writer and Carnegie medallist Jan Mark has selected 44 stories which include moral tales, fairy tales, ghost stories, adventure stories, and school stories; they are inhabited by good and bad children, strict parents, and unkindly uncles and aunts, as well as kings and queens, giants, and enchanters. The stories represent some of the best children's literature written over the past 250 years. They traces how the children's short story has evolved since the publication of Sarah Fielding's "The Governess" in 1749. The book contains work such authors as Louisa M. Alcott, Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, Richmal Cromptom, Philippa Pearce, ... Read more
Children's writer and Carnegie medallist Jan Mark has selected 44 stories which include moral tales, fairy tales, ghost stories, adventure stories, and school stories; they are inhabited by good and bad children, strict parents, and unkindly uncles and aunts, as well as kings and queens, giants, and enchanters. The stories represent some of the best children's literature written over the past 250 years. They traces how the children's short story has evolved since the publication of Sarah Fielding's "The Governess" in 1749. The book contains work such authors as Louisa M. Alcott, Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, Richmal Cromptom, Philippa Pearce, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
469
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192142283
SKU
KEX0303437
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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