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Animal  Stories

Chosen By Michael Morpurgo

Illustrated by Andrew Davidson

ISBN-13: 9780753410103 

ISBN-10: 0753410109 

Publisher: Kingfisher Press, Red Hot Reads, London, UK

Published: 2004

Binding: SOFTcover 223  pages  

Condition: UNread & displayed condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display copy as illustrated!

Edition:  FIRST of this EDITION: 1st printing 2004

TIGHT,  SCARCE   SOFTCOVER  ~  IN  MELBOURNE  ... 

WHY do ebayers buy from US?

Because you KNOW what you're getting. My close up photos are of the actual item!!

NOTE: This is NOT the later Greatest Animal Stories - title is Animal Stories

Remains New & UNread - it was the display copy instore. It is Tight -  neat, no iscriptions or marks within. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!!  A nicely preserved copy - superb!

No discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 223  pages. THIS copy is the First Edition: First printing from 2004 - the UK publishing by Kingfisher Publications, London. The illustrations by Andrew Davidson.

Incredibly SCARCE title - this is an  UNread copy!!

In original SOFTcover binding, in publisher's pictorial covers which are in perfect condition. 

(Stored with 2019!)

Measures approx.  7  x  5  inches or 19  x  14cms

SYNOPSIS ....

Animal Stories Chosen By Michael Morpurgo  ISBN: 07534510109 

Inspired by classroom time and television programming devoted to wildlife, conservation, and environmental issues, today's children have a zest for the outdoors and an ardent appreciation of the creatures with which they share the planet. This collection offers a caliber of stories and extracts several notches above the expected fare in a compilation. The list of renowned contributors includes such luminaries as John Steinbeck (The Red Pony), Michael Morpurgo (Waiting for Anya), and Jack London (The Call of the Wild). With such stories as Rudyard Kipling's The Cat that Walked by Himself, through favorites such as Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose, and contemporary tales such as Ted Hughes' powerful Iron Woman, Animal Stories is a terrific introduction to classic literature and nature writing for children and young adults. 

This is the perfect book for any wildlife enthusiast: a unique selection of over twenty stories and extracts about the animal kingdom, from the very finest writers of the genre. 

This carefully selected collection features writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, Charles Darwin, Ted Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, Dick King-Smith and Michael Morpurgo himself. 

Illustrated throughout with detailed etchings, this is a fantastic introduction to many great writers and a great present for any animal-loving child

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo is the award-winning author of over fifty books for children. He won the Whitbread Children's Novel Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, and the Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television. Michael lives in Devon where he and his wife, Clare, run the charity Farms for City Children. He is currently the Children's Laureate. 

Andrew Davidson is an acclaimed illustrator. The engravings he did for Ted Hughes' book The Iron Man won him the 1986 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award. He lives in Gloucestershire.

Very  Entertaining read!

Reviews

GREAT GREAT book!!  …… This book is a great book because this book connects animals to humans and how they act the same but in different ways. This book contains mini stories inside of a big one. These mini stories talk about different animals. With every mini story there is a different author. It talks about people hurting animals and how they are saving them. Overall this book was a good book because it shows a lot of meaning and it is very descriptive

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Loved it!! ..... I love animals and reading, so this was a good choice for a present. I like the fact that each story has a different narrative style, and all of them reach to you somehow.

Wonderful  .... Award-winning children's writer and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo has collected wonderful animal stories from all around the world  ..