Joan Aiken è stata una amata autrice inglese, celebrata per le sue sfrenate fantasie, i romanzi gotici e i racconti. La sua opera, sia per bambini che per adulti, è caratterizzata da una ricca immaginazione e uno stile unico che spesso incorpora elementi soprannaturali e storie alternative. Aiken intreccia magistralmente avventura, umorismo e suspense, creando mondi che affascinano e incantano i lettori. I suoi racconti, incluse le popolari "Cronache dei lupi", continuano a risuonare con il pubblico per la loro originalità e il loro fascino.
Otto racconti del terrore i cui protagonisti trovano una fine più o meno tragica, misteriosa o catastrofica. La piccola Brooke e i suoi genitori sono appena arrivati nella sontuosa Hawksmoor Hall, dove incontrano il fantasma del piccolo Nym, che può avere un effetto terribile sui bambini. E questo è solo il primo mistero...
Dido's sister, Is, travels north to try and find her lost cousin. But instead of the promised Playland, she discovers an underground kingdom where children work as slaves in the worst conditions imaginable - under the rule of the sinister Gold Kingy. . .
" The cat sat on the mat. Lots of cats do that, everybody knows. And nothing strange comes of it. But once a cat sat on a mat and something strange did come of it. In Joan Aiken s classic story collection, the strange often happens, and with fantastic consequences... Characters spring out of their books and chase around the room, cats grow bigger than elephants, and houses on legs lay eggs. Buses live on clouds, patchwork quilts become flying carpets, and pies float away when they have a corner of sky baked into them The magical meets the everyday in these much-loved modern fairytales, now in a beautiful new edition with Jan Pienkowski s original silhouette illustrations."
A collection of stories by Joan Aiken. They are "The Cat Sat on the Mat", "There's Some Sky in This Pie", "The Elves in the Shelves", "The Three Travellers", "The Baker's cat", "A Bed for the Night" and "The Patchwork Quilt".
With Noah the boa using his coils to work the doughnut machine and with the three giraffes tangled upon the spiral stair, Mortimer's first night in a zoo was one to be remembered for a long, long time.
Follows the adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their children, Harriet, Mark, and little Milo, as they try to find innovative ways to cope with a variety of extraordinary events including stray unicorns in the garden, lessons in magic that go awry, and eviction from their house to make way for a young magicians' seminary.
A beautiful Cornish coastal village is the setting for a highly sinister conspiracy involving a kidnapped baby, mysterious monks and an almost irresistible new perfume... 'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book Review
A magical and fantastic collection of early stories by one of the most original children's authors of the 20th century. For 8-11 year olds.
A wonderful new reissued edition of the classic Joan Aiken short story collection illustrated with Jan Pienkowski's iconic silhouettes. These East European fairytales have it all: drama, magic, heroes, fairies, dragons, mermaids, adventure, bravery and beauty...
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