More Precious Than Gold by Julie Monks

More Precious Than Gold by Julie Monks

Overhead the night sky blazed with a million stars. But Caspar's star was different... Old Melchior the wise, Balthazar the good and Caspar the youngest, kind and gentle, journey to Bethlehem to discover the promise of this exciting star - the child born to be King of Kings. A touching and poetic story which captures the true meaning of Christmas.

Julie Monks's illustrations have a deceptive simplicity, generous scale and subtle colour: violet, chalky lilac, ochre and crimson* TES Teacher *
Wonderful seasonal picture book (s) * TES Teacher *

Julie Monks is an exciting new illustrator in the world of children's books. Her first book, The Housekinders won the silver medal in The Best of British Children's Illustration. She has her own range of greetings cards. Gill Lobel was born in Coventry. She went to Manchester University to read English, and then to Leicester to study for a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. She has been a teacher for most of her working life mainly teaching English in comprehensive schools. She has also worked with children with Special Educational Needs, and as a Home Tutor for sick or excluded children. Gill has now retired from full time teaching, although she still does some private tutoring, and spends most of her time writing. Her first book was Starlight (Tamarind), and in 2000 Orchard Books published Ellie and the Butterfly Kitten, illustrated by Karin Littlewood. This is a touching picture book about a close relationship between a small girl and her grandmother and the joy that being back with her own mother again brings. Gill's latest novel for Orchard Books is the gritty and thought-provoking story of the overweight Hazel and her battle with the beautiful school bully, Lauren. Both Hazel and Lauren discover there is more to each other than firsts meets the eye. When she is not writing Gill likes gardening, walking and a wide variety of arts and crafts. Gill lives in Leicester with her husband. She has two daughters, two grandchildren and nine step-grandchildren.

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ISBN 13	9780340854877
ISBN 10	0340854871
Title	More Precious Than Gold
Author	Julie Monks
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hachette Children's Group
Year published	2003-11-13
Number of pages	32
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