The winter sleepwalker and other stories

Joan Aiken

£7.99

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From eight-legged horses and Martian dinosaurs to a girl cursed to turn into a pink snake, these weird and wonderful short stories weave folktale and fantasy into something entirely unexpected. Told with Joan Aiken’s wit and creativity, and illustrated with Quentin Blake’s distinctive style, these surreal, sublime and endlessly enjoyable stories are perfect for young readers and fairy tale fans to share.

ISBN: 9780241730928 Category:

Description

Join master storyteller Joan Aiken and illustrator extraordinaire Quentin Blake for eight original and wildly imaginative modern fairy tales.

From eight-legged horses and Martian dinosaurs to a girl cursed to turn into a pink snake, these weird and wonderful short stories weave folktale and fantasy into something entirely unexpected.

Told with Joan Aiken’ s wit and creativity, and illustrated with Quentin Blake’ s distinctive style, these surreal, sublime and endlessly enjoyable stories are perfect for young readers and fairy tale fans to share.

Additional information

Weight 0.112 kg
Dimensions 20.32 × 12.7 × 1.1 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

116

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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