A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories |
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Author:
| Aiken, Joan |
Illustrator:
| Hawkes, Kevin |
ISBN: | 978-0-375-90584-1 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
Publisher: | Random House Children's Books
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Imprint: | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Joan Aiken’s delicious prose is a joy to read aloud to very young listeners yet simple enough for the...
More DescriptionHere are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Joan Aiken’s delicious prose is a joy to read aloud to very young listeners yet simple enough for the independent reader to savor on his or her own. Kevin Hawkes’s illustrations — nearly 60 of them — capture with great flair and fun the magical adventures and the triumph of the good over the bad.