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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic (4 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1407107984
  • ISBN-13: 978-1407107981
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,884 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A unique anthology crammed with fantastic stories, each told in just 366 words, from some of the top authors in children's fiction. That's as many words as there are days in this leap year! Contributors include Roddy Doyle, Michael Morpurgo, Charlie Higson, Anne Fine, Jeremy Strong, Nina Bawden, Ian Whybrow, Paul Stewart, Michael Bond, and Tom Fletcher from McFly...

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute treasure trove: tasters and treats from a dazzling collection of authors., 25 Sep 2008
By ELH Browning "Esther-Lou" (Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon) - See all my reviews
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A review in 366 words
I bought a copy of this book because I thought it was an exciting and interesting idea and I was intrigued to see what such a wide variety of well-known authors would do with such a small number of words: 366 words translates into only a page and a half or two pages of text.
With such a range of, and more than 200 contributors, WOW 366 is an imaginative venture and an inspiration. It's packed full of a massive scope of topics and styles: the mini stories included are about everything from contemporary football to classic knights, animals, aliens, bananas and honey, schools and parachuting frogs. Each story is told in a different style, from chatty first person to traditional prose, rhyming verse and contemporary modern narrative so there's lots to appeal to absolutely everyone.
This is also a cracking way to introduce children to a whole range of great authors. I was slightly taken aback on opening to discover the very first story is from Gordon Brown who, whatever your politics, is no great children's author. However the contributor line-up is startlingly strong - pretty much all my favourite authors have written a piece, and brilliant names crop up on every other page: Jan Pienkowski, Susan Cooper, Roald Dahl (an excerpt from), Anne Fine, David Henry Wilson, Kaye Umansky to name but a few.
What was a good idea for a book in it's own right has been made better and more useful because, at the end of each short story, there are recommendations on other things to read if you enjoyed this author's brief contribution. Hence the junior reader can use WOW 366 as springboard into the vast array of great stories available to them in libraries and bookshops. For this reason, every school should have a copy.
My only constructive criticism is that there's no contents list and the book is indexed only by author making it hard to refer back to a story if you can't remember who wrote it, and perhaps this could be amended in a reprint. Other than this, An absolute triumph. WOW!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant anthology for Childline, 29 Jul 2008
This anthology is packed full of great little stories by Geraldine McCaughrean, Pete Johnson, Caroline Pitcher, Jean Ure, Alan Temperley, Martin Waddell, Kathryn White, Lesley Howarth, Elizabeth Laird, Raymond Briggs, Wendy Cope, Carlo Gebler, Kate Cann, The Two Steves, Adele Geras and MANY MORE! The writers donated their stories in the hopes that the book will raise a lot of money for Childline. Why not buy it?!

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, 4 Aug 2008
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I think this book is brilliant, especially as £1 (or 1.30 EURO if sold in Republic of Ireland) from the sale of every book goes to ChildLine, a helpline service for children and young people provided by the NSPCC and ISPCC charities.

Great stories and helping good causes - what more can you ask for?!
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1.0 out of 5 stars What's the point?
I thought that this was an interesting idea, especially when you read the list of contributors. But, clearly 366 words is simply not enough words to make a story viable. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars More than 366 good reasons to buy!
We borrowed this book from our local library and it was so good for both boy and girl reader and listener that we bought it. Read more
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