- Paperback: 123 pages
- Publisher: Chester Academic Press; First edition (26 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 190227590X
- ISBN-13: 978-1902275901
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.6 x 0.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,698,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A collection of the best entries for the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2005, which was for an original and previously unpublished piece of writing for children. The 18 stories and 2 poems in the anthology include the eventual prize winners. The First Prize was won by David Whitley and the Runner-Up Prizes by Tricia Durdey and Sheila Powell, while John Mead won the Prize awarded for the entry that most impressed an advisory panel of young readers. Other contributors are: Sheila M. Blackburn, David Brazier, Nick Buchanan, I. E. Challender, Merle Colborne, David Diggory, Vanessa Greatorex, Liz Haigh, Libby Harris, Gary Hayden, D. K. Jones, Pauline Leung, Jane Mack, Eleanor Powell, Maggie Spooner and Juliet Watkinson. The book also contains an introduction by the former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, who contributed to the final stages of the judging.
About the Author
Jaki Brien (editor) is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Chester. She contributes to several programmes and particularly enjoys teaching courses on writing for teachers and specialist modules on children s literature on both undergraduate and Masters programmes. She has written many short stories for educational publishers, but retains the ambition of writing something which children will actually choose to read.
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