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A Year of Fairy Tales

By: Sophie Anderson

Illustrated by Elisa Paganelli

Series : Books by Sophie Anderson

Age 8+

RRP NZ$59.99

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Journey through the seasons and celebrations of a child's year in this stunning collection of fairy tales from the bestselling, award-winning author of The House with Chicken Legs, Sophie Anderson.

Brimming with magic and extraordinary adventure, the stories are all inspired by fairy tales that have been passed down for generations. Some are twists on classics, such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, while others are original stories inspired by folklore, such as The Bear and the Dragon and The Sleeping Forest.

Packed with colourful illustrations by Elisa Paganelli, this gorgeous gift book brings Sophie's lyrical storytelling to life.

Details

Extent:: 288 pages
Dimensions:: 257 x 194mm
Hardback ISBN:: 9781836044048
Publication Date:: September 2026
Work Reference:: 10224

Contents

Chapters in this book include:
- The bear and the dragon
- Jack and the cloud giants
- The sleeping forest
- The whirpool to the otherworld
- The gingerbread bees
- The girl in the tower
- The bird of the golden land
- The secret of mermaid cove
- The fox prince
- Pumpkin head and acorn angel
- The magic doll
- The swan sister

Author

Sophie Anderson was born in Swansea, and now lives in the Lake District with her family. Her writing is most often inspired by folk and fairy stories, especially the Slavic tales her Prussian grandmother told her when she was young.

Across her bestselling novels, Sophie has won the Independent Bookshop Book of the Year Award and the Wales Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year, the Andersen Prize, and the Branford Boase Award.

Sophie's books have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and The House with Chicken Legs has been adapted for stage by Les Enfants Terribles.

Find out more about Sophie Anderson

Series

Step into the fairytale world of Carnegie-shortlisted author Sophie Anderson. Includes award-winning book, The House with Chicken Legs.

View series: Books by Sophie Anderson