The Oxford Treasury Of Fairy Tales

Author: Geraldine McCaughrean & Sophy Williams (ill.)

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Price : 34.95 NZD
ISBN : 9780192782243
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Imprint : Oxford University Press
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Publication date : 01 September 2005
Dimensions : 246mm X 189mm X 18mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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A sumptuous collection of fairy tales retold by a multi-prize-winning children's writer, now in a gifty paperback edition.

Retold by renowned children's writer, Geraldine McCaughrean, here are all the best-loved fairy tales and more. Favourites such as Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, the Little Mermaid, and the Princess and the Pea are accompanied by other treasures such as the Three Gifts of the North Wind, Cap-of-Rushes, and the Tinderbox.
As ever, Geraldine's writing style is original and dramatic, and she weaves magic into her world of knights, witches, frogs, and princesses.
Sophy Williams' delicate and atmospheric colour illustrations throughout the collection complement the text beautifully to make this a perfect gift.

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