Anne Fine, Vivian French, Adele Geras, Mary Hoffman and Michael Rosen are among the contributors to this collection of 50 stories. Perfect to read aloud, each one timed for two, five or ten minutes, they all have the magic touch that means children will want to hear them again and again. A huge value-packed book with gorgeous pictures.

 

This book is part of a book series called Read Me a Stories .

There are 256 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Penny Dann is a well-known children's illustrator whose Secret Fairy range has sold over 1. 5 million copies worldwide. She lives in Brighton. Wendy Cooling has been a teacher, Head of Children's Book Foundation and is now well-known as a freelance children's book consultant and anthologist.