Flights of Fancy: Stories, Pictures and Inspiration from Ten Children's Laureates
Age 5+
Anthologies
Walker Books celebrates 20 years of the Waterstones Children's Laureateship, in partnership with Booktrust.
The exceptional talents behind some of the nation's best-loved books – from The Gruffalo to The BFG, We're Going on a Bear Hunt to the Charlie and Lola series – the Children's Laureates are the perfect ambassadors for children's literature. This beautiful gift anthology marks twenty wonderful years of the Laureateship, with stories, poems and pictures by all ten former honourees. Among others, Quentin Blake tells the stories behind his pictures of weird and wonderful beasts, Michael Morpurgo draws on childhood memories for a moving wartime tale and Michael Rosen plays with language and shapes in his witty, read-aloud poems. Each contribution is designed to inspire children to create their own work, and is accompanied by a note from the authors – rare insights from the finest talent in the world of children’s books. Above all else, Flights of Fancy celebrates the Laureateship's most important achievement: encouraging children to let their imaginations soar.
50p from every copy sold goes to Booktrust.
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Reviews
Highly recommended… a delightful manual for children of all ages to visit and re-visit: for pleasure, for beloved authors voices, and not least for stimulus because schools historically demand a large amount of creative writing from their students.
Readplus
A great learning tool for a new generation of future Laureates! Suitable for early to middle grades.
CBCA: Reading Time
