The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories
No. of pages 448
Published: 2015
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This book is part of a book series called Virago Modern Classics .
This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.
There are 448 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by Little, Brown Book Group .
Peter Bailey has been illustrating books for more than thirty-five years and has worked with many of today's best known authors, including Philip Pullman, Allan Ahlberg, Michael Morpurgo and Joan Aiken. He lives near Liverpool with his wife, Sian, who is also an illustrator. Joan Aiken is one of the best loved authors of the twentieth century, and has written over a hundred books for young readers and adults, including "A Necklace of Raindrops," "The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories," and "The Youngest Miss Ward. "
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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 -- Philip Pullman
What a thrill to discover this gem from the witty and endlessly inventive Joan Aiken -- Chris Riddell
She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew -- Amanda Craig * The Times *
She's one of the most important and interesting children's fiction writers of the last 50 years -- Neil Gaiman
Inexhaustibly imaginative, Aiken was one of the twentieth century's greatest children's authors. Witty, zany and entirely sane, this is a necklace of diamonds -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
A delightful whimsical set of stories about young Mark and Harriet Armitage and the fantastical things that just happen to them, where if the lawn is full of unicorns you can count on their father to rush out and try to stop them eating the roses. These stories are funny and often unexpectedly poignant. They also don't have a wasted word or scrap of information. They're both charming and genuine in a way that few things manage -- Jo Walton
A delightful summary of one side of Aiken's talent: whimsical, funny, a series of brilliantly imaginative ideas stitched together with dream logic... It is the mixture of irrepressible gaiety and invention with the tragic that makes Aiken one of the great children's authors...impossible to calculate the number of people who have enjoyed her books - who have had some magic injected into the mundane * Sunday telegraph *
A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination * Oxford Companion to Children's Literature *
Often bonkers stories, always written with cut-glass precision . . . Aiken is a superb storyteller * The Times *
