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Robert Dunbar

Award Winner!
White Ravens Selection 1998


Children's fiction
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Book Details:
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Price: €11.41
Binding: hb
Pages: 192
Size: 210x136 mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-518-9
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-518-5

Rights held: World, all languages.

Enchanted Journeys


Fifty Years of Irish Writing for Children
by Robert Dunbar

Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+

The very best of the past fifty years of Irish writing for children, selected by an expert in children's literature. Includes Walter Macken, Eilís Dillon, Meta Mayne Reid, Patricia Lynch, Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren ...


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Praise for Enchanted Journeys

'A good cross-section of the old and the new.' The Irish Times

'A superb little book.' Books Ireland

'Wonderful, affirmative book.' Seamus Heaney

'Dunbar displays an admirable resistance to what is fashionable or trendy or second-rate. Every extract is an example of very fine writing, and his introduction is clear-sighted and authoritative ... Children who begin with this beautifully produced book will embark on many enchanting, enriching journeys.' Times Educational Supplement

'An excellent choice in that it would have appeal to a broad spectrum and would encourage children to discover the beauty of the writing itself.' Children's Books of Ireland

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