All In The Family
Published by A&C Black
Compilation by Tony Bradman, featuring stories by Jo Nadin, Karen Ball, Linda Newbery, Helen Williams, Tim Wynne-Jones and Kim Kitson.
Hardcover price £9.99
OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK price £5.99
8-12 age range
128 pages
ISBN 978-0-7136-8505-3 hardback
ISBN 978-1-4081-0087-5 paperback
All in the Family is a collection of brand-new short stories covering many different aspects of family life. These stories by top authors are in turn funny and sad, poignant and uplifting. And all of them are bound to hit home.
Tony Bradman is an award-winning author of books for children of all ages, including his most popular creation, Dilly the Dinosaur. He has also edited many anthologies of short stories and poetry.
Extract from 'Beach Sounds', a short story:
'I scanned the crowd on the beach. I could see loads of mums - they were sharing out sandwiches, or rubbing sun lotion into their kids' skin, or waving to someone. Always keeping watch. That's what mums do. I looked for my mum. I must have drifted a bit, because it took a few seconds to spot her.
There she was. Parked in front of the ice-cream van. Our red-and-blue blanket was spread out on the sand and the cool box stood next to it. The sun glinted off the chrome wheels of the wheelchair as she sat watching - like all the other mums. Though not like all the other mums at all.'
Compilation by Tony Bradman, featuring stories by Jo Nadin, Karen Ball, Linda Newbery, Helen Williams, Tim Wynne-Jones and Kim Kitson.
Hardcover price £9.99
OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK price £5.99
8-12 age range
128 pages
ISBN 978-0-7136-8505-3 hardback
ISBN 978-1-4081-0087-5 paperback
All in the Family is a collection of brand-new short stories covering many different aspects of family life. These stories by top authors are in turn funny and sad, poignant and uplifting. And all of them are bound to hit home.
Tony Bradman is an award-winning author of books for children of all ages, including his most popular creation, Dilly the Dinosaur. He has also edited many anthologies of short stories and poetry.
Extract from 'Beach Sounds', a short story:
'I scanned the crowd on the beach. I could see loads of mums - they were sharing out sandwiches, or rubbing sun lotion into their kids' skin, or waving to someone. Always keeping watch. That's what mums do. I looked for my mum. I must have drifted a bit, because it took a few seconds to spot her.
There she was. Parked in front of the ice-cream van. Our red-and-blue blanket was spread out on the sand and the cool box stood next to it. The sun glinted off the chrome wheels of the wheelchair as she sat watching - like all the other mums. Though not like all the other mums at all.'
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