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The Lost Happy Endings

By: Carol Ann Duffy
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 0747581061
ISBN-13: 9780747581062
Released: 07 Jul 2008
RRP: £5.99
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Lost Happy Endings - By: J. Tregenza, 14 Mar 2008
We have used this book with more than 50 schools, the language is rich, the illustrations are inspiring & when you read to the point when she finds a golden pen the children cannot help but want to write. The beautiful descriptions help children to become lost in the world & their imagination takes them into the woods where Jub lives. They love to explore her home & how she lives. Children from age 5-11 have loved to listen to us telling the story & have become spell-bound.
Not for faint hearted children - By: doodlebug, 01 Dec 2007
We borrowed this book from the library this morning & I have just read it to my soon to be 5 year old (unfortunately, as a bed time story). The language used is brilliant, but the story is a bit too scary, including a pretty detailed description of how the witch burns to death, & what she looks like while on fire. Ive seen this book rated in the 0-5 age group, but entirely disagree & think it should be 7-9 & not for faint hearted children. I definately will not be buying this book. I am on here looking for a more cheery story by same author though.
Stunning! - By: jen,, 04 Jan 2007
A dark & powerful picture book for older children, Jane Ray's illustrations perfectly complement Carol Ann Duffy's beautiful prose. Duffy brings a fantastic lyricism to the language that is alll too often lacking in children's books. The witch has "fierce red eyes like poisonous berries" & her touch "nipped like pepper". Children's literature is much richer for this partnership - more please!
The Lost Happy Endings - By: Susan Wright, 11 Nov 2006
What a shame! A great idea for a story & it begins well with nice illustrations but unfortunately its own 'happy ending' seemed to me to be far from ideal. Some frightening pictures & the witch could have met a more imaginative & less horrific fate. Not bedtime story material!