The winter sleepwalker and other stories

Aiken, Joan

£7.99

From eight-legged horses and Martian dinosaurs to a girl cursed to turn into a pink snake, these weird and wonderful short stories weave folktale and fantasy into something entirely unexpected. Told with Joan Aiken’s wit and creativity, and illustrated with Quentin Blake’s distinctive style, these surreal, sublime and endlessly enjoyable stories are perfect for young readers and fairy tale fans to share.

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Publish Date: 05/09/2024

Description

Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation – including this wonderful new edition of The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories.

Join master storyteller Joan Aiken and illustrator extraordinaire Quentin Blake for eight original and wildly imaginative modern fairy tales.

From Martian dinosaurs and eight-legged horses to a girl cursed to turn into a pink snake on Sundays, these weird and wonderful short stories weave folktale, fantasy and modernity into something entirely unexpected.

Told with Aiken’s distinctive wit and brought to life by Blake’s marvellously atmospheric illustrations, these surreal, sublime and endlessly enjoyable tales are perfect for reading alone or together.

Additional information

Weight 111 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 10 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

144

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J