Ruby Red - Henrietta Branford

Ruby Red

Tales from the Weedwater
Buch | Softcover
96 Seiten
1999 | New edition
Collins (Verlag)
978-0-00-675255-4 (ISBN)
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Ruby Red is a lively and modern little sprite - a-do-it-yourself, solve-everything kind of a child in a miniature world. She and her friends inhabit an enchanting and pastoral dwelling close to the River Weedwater. This volume contains five Ruby Red stories.
Five exquisitely written stories about a contemporary sprite, by an award-winning author.* Ruby Red is a lively and modern little sprite -- a-do-it-yourself, solve-everything kind of a child in a miniature world. She and her friends inhabit an enchanting and pastoral dwelling close to the River Weedwater. Meet the Gargoyle, who only likes striking six o-clock; Floyd, the Mechanical Wonder Horse -- put out to pasture from the fairground; Firecracker Fly, fearsome pirate who sails the Weedwater on the good ship Fly-By-Night; Columbine, Cluck, and Crinkle -- the hens who love worms and...skating; Grandma Samphire who lives on an island and windmill dweller Sweet Grandpa William, who hates to wash his socks. Five enchanting stories in one book from this prize-winning author.

Henrietta Branford grew up in the New Forest. Her rural childhood inspires all her writing and shines through her Ruby Red stories.The first of her three Dimanche Diller books won the Smarties Book Prize [6 -- 8] category and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. She won Guardian Fiction award for her Walker title Fire, Bed and Bone. Henrietta died from breast cancer on April 23rd, 1999/ She is survived by her husband, the photographer Paul Carter and their three children.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.3.1999
Illustrationen John Lupton
Zusatzinfo (Black/white tone)
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 197 mm
Gewicht 89 g
Themenwelt Kinder- / Jugendbuch Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
ISBN-10 0-00-675255-1 / 0006752551
ISBN-13 978-0-00-675255-4 / 9780006752554
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