Collected Stories for Children - 17 short stories - Dick and the Beanstalk, The Dutch Cheese, A Penny a Day, The Scarecrow, The Three Sleeping Boys of (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781849024259)

Collected Stories for Children was first published in 1947 and is a collection of the best seventeen short stories written by Walter de la Mare. The stories cover a range of subjects, but are all dreamy and poetic, captivating both adults and children. The book was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1947, the first time a collection of stories had won this award. It was unexpected, as none of the stories were new, spanning the previous two decades, but the award acknowledged him in this way: "the achievement of the most gifted writer of the century who had dedicated his finest powers to delighting children". The stories contained in the collection are  Dick and the Beanstalk  The Dutch Cheese  A Penny a Day  The Scarecrow  The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire  The Lovely Myfanwy  Lucy  Miss Jemima  The Magic Jacket  The Lord Fish  Mr. Bumps and his Monkey (also known as The Old Lion)  Broomsticks  Alice's Godmother  The Maria-Fly  Visitors  Sambo and the Snow Mountains  The Riddle

Author: Walter De La Mare
ISBN-10: 1849024251
ISBN-13: 9781849024259
Publisher: Oxford City Press
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2011
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d