The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories
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The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories by Joan Aiken
Not your average fairy story - these eight glorious tales have traditional Princesses, Princes and pink palaces but each story is highly unconventional and is spiced with the zany humour children adore. So meet Josslyn the Sailor-Girl who falls in love with King Neptune and decides to call their twins Mat and Rod; and the evil Hatecraft who turns shop assistants into geese. . . .
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in The Times, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099496410 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099496410 |
| Title | The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories |
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 1995-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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