Wait for Me!
Author(s): Margaret Mahy
An irresistible collection of stories brimming with bird children, kind wizards, kings in broom cupboards, butterflies, goats, kites, woodland creatures and many other delights. Margaret Mahy is one of the twentieth century's most popular and successful children's authors . The stories in this book, first published as The Second Margaret Mahy Storybook, have appeared in many anthologies in many countries over the years. Here they are freshly presented with line drawings by Peter Bailey, as a companion volume to Wonderful Me!
Product Information
A fresh look for an old favourite Margaret Mahy is riding high - her prize-winning teenage fiction newly reissued by HarperCollins Very appealing classic stories with parent and grandparent appeal
"...fresh and readable...The Mahy trademarks of joyous exuberance, word play, unexpected twists, sheer fun and playfulness are all there." Armadillo, Winter 2003 "...should be in every key stage 1 teacher's armoury." TES, 14 Nov 03
Margaret Mahy's many books - picture books, short stories, and fiction for teenagers as well as younger children - have been hugely successful all round the world and she is indisputably one of the most popular and successful twentieth-century children's authors. She has won the Carnegie Medal and many other awards, and has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in New Zealand.
General Fields
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- : Orion
- : Orion
- : 0.173
- : 19 June 2003
- : 198mm X 129mm X 14mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Margaret Mahy
- : Paperback
- : Peter Bailey
- : 823.914
- : 176
- : 40 Line Drawing(s)