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Title:

Love stories / chosen by Ann Pilling ; illustrated by Aafke Brouwer.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Kingfisher,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

223 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Love stories.
Children's stories.
Love--Fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Pilling, Ann.
Brouwer, Aafke, ill.

Contents:

Telling stories / Maeve Binchy. Green behind the glass / Adele Geras -- Cinderella girl / Vivien Alcock -- Nightingale and the rose / Oscar Wilde -- Love letters / Kate Walker -- Girl who loved the sun / Diana Wynne Jones -- Worst kids in the world (extract) / Barbara Robinson -- Fat girl's valentine / Ann Pilling -- Railway story / Guy de Maupassant -- Orpheus and eurydice / James Reeves -- Billie / Ann Pilling -- Lucky lips / Paul Jennings -- Star for the latecomer (extract) / Paul and Bonnie Zindel -- Plate: A question of values / Geraldine McCaughrean -- Proposale / Daisy Ashford -- I was adored once, too / Jan Mark -- For being good / Cynthia Rylant -- Water woman and her lover / Ralph Prince -- Favorite / Jacqueline Wilson -- Telling stories / Maeve Binchy.

Summary:

A collection of love stories encompassing romance, family love, and legends, by such authors as Diana Wynne Jones, Oscar Wilde, and Guy de Maupassant.

Series:

Story library

ISBN:

9780753451175
0753451174

LCCN:

96052714

Locations:

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)