Sixteen super cool stories! This brilliant collection has been specially selected to appeal to cool kids. Featuring a host of famous, best-loved children's writers including Dick King-Smith, Penelope Lively, Ted Hughes, Laurie Lee, Jan Mark and Margaret Mahy, this book is a fantastic introduction to great writing. Each story is wittily illustrated with lively half-tone artwork by Mick Reid. From ghoulish ghosts and wonderful wizards to crazy kings and amazing animals, this gripping anthology of wacky, funny and exciting stories is sure to enthrall and entertain its readers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Kingfisher Treasury Of Stories .

There are 160 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2005 by Pan Macmillan .

Edward Blishen was a recognised expert authority on children's literature. In 1970, he won the Carnegie Medal jointly with Leon Garfield for The God Beneath the Sea. He also compiled the acclaimed anthology, Children's Classics to Read Aloud, published by Kingfisher. Together with his wife Nancy he compiled several anthologies for Kingfisher, including The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Children. Edward Blishen died in 1996. Edward and Nancy Blishen have long been recognized as expert authorities on children's literature. In 1970, Edward Blishen won the Carnegie Medal (jointly with Leon Garfield) for The God Beneath the Sea. He also compiled the acclaimed anthology, Children's Classics to Read Aloud, published by Kingfisher. Together, Edward and Nancy Blishen compiled several treasuries for Kingfisher, including The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Children and the age-ranged Treasury of Stories for. series. Nancy Blishen lives in Hertfordshire.

This book has the following chapters: My Birthday - Laurie Lee; Uninvited Ghosts - Penelope Lively; How the Bee Became - Ted Hughes; The Talking Bow Tie - Morris Lurie; The One that Got Away - Jan Mark; Kate Crackernuts - Alison Lurie; The Day Grandfather Tickled a Tiger - Ruskin Bond; Henry's Canine Teeth - Beverley Cleary; When Emil Got His Head Stuck in the Soup Tureen - Astrid Lindgren; The King and the "K" - Emily Smith; When Grandma Took a Back Seat - Nancy Blishen; Moving Day (Traditional Iroquois Tale) - retold by Roger Squire; A Narrow Squeak - Dick King-Smith; A Barrel of Chicken - Robert Newton Peck; The King Who Was Fried - Edward Blishen; The House of Coloured Windows - Margaret Mahy.