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Books by Sophie Anderson

Step into the fairy tale world of Carnegie-shortlisted author Sophie Anderson. 

The Books

  1. The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away book cover
    New
    The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away
    Age: 9+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  2. The Snow Girl book cover
    The Snow Girl
    Age: 8+
    RRP  NZ$8.99
  3. The Snow Girl book cover
    The Snow Girl
    Age: 8+
    RRP  NZ$22.99
  4. The Thief Who Sang Storms book cover
    The Thief Who Sang Storms
    Age: 9+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  5. The Castle of Tangled Magic book cover
    The Castle of Tangled Magic
    Age: 9+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  6. The Girl who Speaks Bear book cover
    Award Winner
    The Girl who Speaks Bear
    Age: 9+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  7. The House with Chicken Legs book cover
    Award Winner
    The House with Chicken Legs
    Age: 9+
    RRP  NZ$19.99
  8. A Year of Fairy Tales book cover
    Coming Soon
    A Year of Fairy Tales
    Age: 8+
    RRP  NZ$59.99

Written with passion and compassion, Anderson's talent as a weaver of magic and creator of evocative landscapes is growing with every book.

The Daily Mail

The House with Chicken Legs - official trailer

A breathtaking reimagining of the Russian fairy tale of Baba Yaga, The House with Chicken Legs is the award-winning, spellbinding story of one girl's adventure to find her destiny.

The Girl Who Speaks Bear – read by Sophie Anderson

Inspired by Russian folk tales of bears, princesses and dragons, The Girl Who Speaks Bear is a gorgeously lyrical adventure of courage and friendship.

The Castle of Tangled Magic read-along: an introduction from Sophie

Welcome to the Castle of Tangled Magic read-along! There are 6 sections to this Sophie Anderson read-along, which correlate with the action of the book. For each section you’ll find an extract prompt, a video message from Sophie Anderson, a discussion point and a fun activity. Let’s get started!

Teachers' Resources

Explore key themes of Sophie's books through creative tasks, discussion questions and an exploration of the wider issues. Aimed at KS2 and KS3.

The House with Chicken Legs – download teachers' resources

The Castle of Tangled Magic – download teachers' resources

About the author

Photo of Sophie Anderson
Sophie Anderson

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.

Meet Sophie Anderson
The House with Chicken Legs book cover
Award Winner
The House with Chicken Legs
Age: 9+
RRP  NZ$19.99
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