The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Five Year Olds

Edward Blishen, Nancy Blishen

Kingfisher, 2004 - Juvenile Fiction - 160 pages

Bringing together stories from all over the world, this collection features tales from Eleanor Farjeon, Margaret Mahy, Jean Chapman and many other popular children's authors.

About the author

Edward Blishen was born on April 29, 1920. He was an English author and broadcaster. He may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, and illustrated by Charles Keeping. For The God Beneath the Sea, Blishen and Garfield won the 1970 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognizing the year's best children's book in England. Blishen was born in Hertfordshire, England. He died on December 13, 1996.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Five Year Olds; The Kingfisher Treasury of Stories Series
• Authors: Edward Blishen, Nancy Blishen
• Illustrated by: Polly Noakes
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Kingfisher, 2004
• ISBN: 0753410281, 9780753410288
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General; Juvenile Fiction / Short Stories; Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric