What Katy Did
(Sprache: Englisch)
A beautiful gift edition of Susan Coolidge's famous children's book What Katy Did, with original illustrations by Addie Ledyard and an introduction by award-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson.
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A beautiful gift edition of Susan Coolidge's famous children's book What Katy Did, with original illustrations by Addie Ledyard and an introduction by award-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson.
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A treasured children's classic, Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did is a vivid story of childhood bravery with a feisty heroine at its heart. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features original illustrations by Addie Ledyard and an introduction by award-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson.
Twelve-year-old Katy is a dreamer. She invents exciting games, faraway lands and imagines that one day she'll be charming and graceful. But in the meantime she gets into all kinds of mischief . . . until one day a terrible accident happens and life as Katy knows it turns upside down. Can Katy's boisterous courage keep her dreams alive?
Autoren-Porträt von Susan Coolidge
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey was born in 1835 into a wealthy and influential family in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War before establishing a career as a successful and prolific writer of novels, short stories and poems. Her most famous book, What Katy Did, published under her pseudonym Susan Coolidge, was inspired by her own childhood growing up with four younger siblings. Its publication in 1872 was followed by four sequels. She never married and lived most of her adult life in Rhode island where she died in 1905. Jacqueline is one of the nation's favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. According to a recent Mori poll, Jacqueline was voted English children favourite children's author. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total stands at over 25 million!
In 2002 Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she was the Children's Laureate. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Susan Coolidge
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 5 Jahre
- 2019, Main Market Ed., 192 Seiten, Maße: 10,1 x 15,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
- ISBN-10: 1509881409
- ISBN-13: 9781509881406
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
It opens such a vivid window into a domestic world that we have lost: full of aunts and cousins, innumerable siblings and clearly drawn moralities Christina Hardyment The Times
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