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1001 children's books you must read before you grow up

Provides an authoritative listing of classic and contemporary children's literature that is categorized by age group and pairs each entry with expert evaluations and reproductions of artwork from the featured titles.

Other Authors: Eccleshare, Julia.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Universe, 2009.
Subjects:
Children's literature > Bibliography.
Children > Books and reading.
Best books.
Parent teacher books.
Summary: Provides an authoritative listing of classic and contemporary children's literature that is categorized by age group and pairs each entry with expert evaluations and reproductions of artwork from the featured titles.
Item Description: "A Quintessence book."
Includes index.
Physical Description: 960 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780789318763 :
0789318768
Author Notes: Julia Eccleshare is the children's books editor at The Guardian. She has been a judge for the Branford Boase First Novel Prize and the Whitbread Children's Book Prize. In 2000 she won the Eleanor Farjohn Award in recognition of her contribution to children's publishing. Quentin Blake has illustrated over 300 children's books and has won many awards. He was appointed Britain's first children's laureate in 1999 and was made a commander of the British Empire in 2005.

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