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Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle Island

ISBN-10191041137X

ISBN-139781910411377

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038555047

Product Key Features

Book TitleOnce Upon a Place

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicPoetry (See Also Stories in Verse), Literary Criticism & Collections, Short Stories

IllustratorYes, Lynch, P. J.

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorEoin Colfer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight0.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2015-513841

Reviews"The stories in the collection are certainly very varied; adventure stories, mysteries, stories of wonder are all included. All are linked by their referencing of Ireland which is evoked by descriptions of landscape, creatures, local magic and mischief and, most of all, weather! ... All readers will know more about Ireland when they have read the stories than they knew at the beginning but they would also see that stories such as these are universal." Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian "Once Upon a Place is a significant publication, affording ample evidence of the high quality of the best of our current children's literature. It is a pleasure to add that the quality of the content is matched in this instance by the extremely attractive standards of the book's production values." The Irish Times As a collection, Once Upon a Place engages with the deep significance landscape has in Irish stories, featuring tales and legends matched with eerie illustrations perfectly evoking the strangeness of these stories and of the places that have inspired them. Children's Books Ireland, "This book is a gift that could be given to any child of any age, the younger kids could be read to. But it's also a gift we should buy for ourselves. Rarely does one find such a rainbow of outstanding talent in one little book, one truly exceptional anthology." -- Sunday Independent, "An excellent volume that will hopefully now reach a wide readership on this side of the pond." -- School Library Journal, "[T]his collection. . . will have readers everywhere believing not only in the undeniable magic of Ireland but also the infinite possibilities of the imagination." -- Booklist

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromFourth Grade

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal820.809415

SynopsisAn anthology of short stories and poems from Ireland's leading children's writers, including Roddy Doyle, John Connolly and Siobhán Parkinson, edited by Eoin Colfer, illustrated by world-renowned artist PJ Lynch. Includes 11 short stories and 6 poems., Once Upon a Place features six new poems by Irish poets alongside 11 new short stories from many of Ireland's leading children's writers including Roddy Doyle, Derek Landy and former Laureate na nOg (a position awarded in Ireland to children's book creators) Siobhan Parkinson, as well as the first ever story for children by Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan, director of My Left Foot and In America . It also features new work by Eoin Colfer himself, along with Pat Boran, Seamus Cashman, John Connolly, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Mark Granier, Paula Leyden, Oisin McGann, Geraldine Mills, Jane Mitchell, Kate Newmann, Sarah Webb and Enda Wyley. Each of the stories and poems is based around the theme of place, being set in or inspired by a particular location within Ireland. Lavish black-and-white charcoal illustrations make this unique anthology a very beautiful object., Once Upon a Place features six new poems by Irish poets alongside 11 new short stories from many of Ireland's leading children's writers including Roddy Doyle, Derek Landy and former Laureate na nÓg (a position awarded in Ireland to children's book creators) Siobhán Parkinson, as well as the first ever story for children by Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan, director of My Left Foot and In America . It also features new work by Eoin Colfer himself, along with Pat Boran, Seamus Cashman, John Connolly, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Mark Granier, Paula Leyden, Oisín McGann, Geraldine Mills, Jane Mitchell, Kate Newmann, Sarah Webb and Enda Wyley. Each of the stories and poems is based around the theme of place, being set in or inspired by a particular location within Ireland. Lavish black-and-white charcoal illustrations make this unique anthology a very beautiful object.

LC Classification NumberPR8835.O53 2015