Magical Margaret Mahy / Betty Gilderdale ; illustrated by Alan Gilderdale.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin, 2013.Edition: Rev. and updatedWhakaahuatanga: 120 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780143568810
- NZ823.2 B 23
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tau tārua | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Children's nonfiction | South LibraryPlus Children's | Children's nonfiction | 920 PEOPLE (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2121388 | ||||
Children's nonfiction | Stratford Children's | Children's nonfiction | 920 MAH (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | 1 | Wātea | A00698365 |
First pub. by Penguin/Viking, 1987.
Includes new chapter, updates the lists of awards given to Margaret Mahy and updates the bibliography.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Margaret Mahy was a wizard of words and a spinner of magical stories. She was New Zealand's best known writer for children and during her lifetime she wrote more than 200 books. She won some of the world's most prestigious writing awards, including the Carnegie medal and the Hans Christian Anderson award, and she often appeared in a purple wig or a penguin suit while she delighted audiences with vivacious readings of her stories. But who was Margaret Mahy? What was she like as a child? How did she become a writer? Where did her weird and wonderful ideas come from? In these pages we meet the woman behind the name on the book covers. Step into the world of he magical Margaret Mahy." --Bookdepositry.co.uk.
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