The Magic Stone - Couverture souple

Peat, Alan

 
9780957079649: The Magic Stone

Synopsis

Mike has been forced to join the school gang. Reluctantly, he goes with them as they set off in search of the Magic Stone - a large, enchanted rock which is said to make your every wish come true - if only you can move it! If Mike succeeds, he knows what he'll wish for - that his grandad will leave hospital and be strong again.

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À propos de l'auteur

ALAN PEAT is an Independent Literacy Consultant. His unique INSET, conference and school-based training provides teachers and school leaders with practical, effective and enjoyable strategies for raising pupils' achievement in both reading and writing. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Historical Association, Alan is the author of a number of books on a wide range of subjects including education, art and ceramics. The Magic Stone is his first story for children. JOHN HARROLD was born in Glasgow and studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art. He has lived in Courbevoie, on the outskirts of Paris, for the past 17 years. For over three decades he was the Rupert Bear artist for the Daily Express, producing the daily strip adventures for the newspaper as well as the famous Rupert Bear annuals. In this capacity, he signed the new Rupert Annual in Canterbury every November for 18 years - an event that was immensely popular and built up a faithful attendance. This is the second book he has illustrated for Creative Educational Press Ltd., the first being The Elves & the Shoemaker, a text-less recounting of the well-known tale, updated to 1897, in a graphic novel style and designed as a teaching aid in schools. He is currently working on a book of amusing alternative nursery rhymes by Alan Peat.

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