Items related to Willa and Old Miss Annie
A collection of three stories about a little girl called Willa, who moves with her family to a new home, where she meets Old Miss Annie. At first Annie is afraid of the old woman because of her woolly hair and tiny voice and bumpy, twisted hands, but soon they become the best of friends. One of the things that they have in common is a great love of animals, which is at the heart of these three country tales, featuring respectively a goat, a pony and a fox.;Berlie Doherty has won the Carnegie Medal twice, for "Granny Was a Buffer Girl" and "Dear Nobody". Her books for young people also include "Spellhorn" and "White Peak Farm".;Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, "The Shepherd Boy". She has since written and illustrated four more rural tales, "Emma's Lamb", "Floss", "First Snow", "The Last Train" and "My Friend Harry".
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Berlie Doherty has written many books for young people and has twice won the Carnegie Medal - for Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody. Her other titles include The Midnight Man, Willa and Old Miss Annie (Highly Commended for the 1995 Carnegie Medal) and the picture book anthology Tales of Magic and Wonder. She also writes poetry and plays, and has adapted her own books for television and radio. Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, The Shepherd Boy. She has since written and illustrated several more rural tales - Emma's Lamb, Floss, First Snow, The Last Train, My Friend Harry, One Summer Day, Friends, Just Like Floss, Little Baa and A Quilt For Baby - set on the Northumberland sheep farm where she lives with her husband and two children.
From Kirkus Reviews:
A fine author who won Carnegie medals in both 1987 and 1992 for YA novels re-creates the sensibilities of a young child in three linked stories. After moving to ``a big town, far away,'' Willa is lonely. When she meets Miss Annie, her bent, twisted old hands frighten Willa and she doesn't understand her words, ``so tiny that you could hardly hear them. They were more like secrets.'' Willa thinks Miss Annie has a ``ghost'' in her garden; at night, the white form resembles one, but it's really a lonely goat; by the time Willa and Miss Annie find him an appropriate home the two are friends. In the long central chapter they happen on a pony that has nearly died after being tethered and abandoned--a heartwrenching animal story tempered by its happy outcome and the gritty, satirical characterizations of the villains. ``Vicky Fox'' presents the sad probabilities inherent in trying to keep a wild pet and the differing perceptions of old and young towards possession and friendship between humans and animals; here Willa makes another friend, her own age. Astutely observed, elegantly crafted, and easily read, these thoughtful stories deserve a place beside Phillipa Pearce's A Dog So Small and Dick King-Smith's Sophie books. (Fiction. 6-10) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCatnip Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1846471192
- ISBN 13 9781846471193
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 13.13
Shipping:
US$ 16.57
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
WILLA AND OLD MISS ANNIE
Published by
Catnip Publishing Ltd, London
(2011)
ISBN 10: 1846471192
ISBN 13: 9781846471193
New
Soft cover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Kim Lewis (illustrator). First Thus. This mint unread copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The text block is tight white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. A collection of three stories about a little girl called Willa, who moves with her family to a new home, where she meets Old Miss Annie. At first Annie is afraid of the old woman because of her woolly hair and tiny voice and bumpy, twisted hands, but soon they become the best of friends. One of the things that they have in common is a great love of animals, which is at the heart of these three country tales, featuring respectively a goat, a pony and a fox.;Berlie Doherty has won the Carnegie Medal twice, for "Granny Was a Buffer Girl" and "Dear Nobody". Her books for young people also include "Spellhorn" and "White Peak Farm".;Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, "The Shepherd Boy". She has since written and illustrated four more rural tales, "Emma's Lamb", "Floss", "First Snow", "The Last Train" and "My Friend Harry". Ref D 5. Seller Inventory # 028521
Buy New
US$ 13.13
Convert currency