The Magpies Said: Stories and Poems from New Zealand by Dorothy Butler
$8.00
Collected by Dorothy Butler and illustrated by Lyn Kriegler, this anthology brings together New Zealand stories and poems for younger readers. Contributors include Joy Cowley, Elsie Locke, Witi Ihimaera, Katherine Mansfield, James K. Baxter, Margaret Mahy and Michael King. A varied introduction to New Zealand writing, in the 1982 Puffin paperback edition.
Book details
- Editor / compiler: Dorothy Butler
- Publisher: Puffin Books
- Publication year: 1982
- Edition / printing: First Puffin edition, 1982; first published by Kestrel Books in 1980
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140314806
- ISBN-13: 9780140314809
Condition
Paperback with rubbing to the cover edges and spine, corner creasing, and scattered foxing and marks on the cream cover. Pages are browned, with foxing to the opening pages.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, CHILDREN & BABIES, FICTION BOOKS, NZ BOOKS, NZ FICTION, POETRY, POETRY BOOKS, VINTAGE BOOKS, VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS
Type: CHILDREN & BABIES
Category: A0012, Anthologies, BOOKS, CHILDREN & BABIES, Dorothy Butler, FICTION, Lyn Kriegler, NZ BOOKS, NZ FICTION, Poetry, Puffin Books, Short Stories, VINTAGE BOOKS, VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS
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