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  • Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

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A Lion in the Meadow

Margaret Mahy, Jenny Williams

3 Reviews

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New Zealand, Maori, Fiction, Children's Fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)

An imaginative tale from New Zealand's most celebrated children's writer, Margaret Mahy.

There's a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow. Go and see for yourself.

What would you do if you knew there was a lion in the meadow, but your mother doesn't believe you? And when she gives you a matchbox with a dragon hidden inside to scare away the lion, you discover that the dragon is in there too!

This junior fiction edition of Margaret Mahy's classic A Lion in the Meadow features Jenny William's gorgeous original illustrations.

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Praise for A Lion in the Meadow

  • One of those rare children's authors whose books can also be read with pleasure by grown-ups - The Telegraph

  • [Margaret Mahy's] name is synonymous with quality, quirkiness and enchantment - TheatreReview.org

  • Mahy has an endlessly inventive imagination . . . A treasure trove for storytellers, teachers, parents, or browsers. - Kirkus Reviews on NONSTOP NONSENSE

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Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) is one of New Zealand's most celebrated children's writers. She is the author of more than 150 titles, which have been translated into many different languages and sold around the world. Appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 1993, Mahy also won many global prizes for children's writers, including the Carnegie Medal and the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.

'It is in the nature of books, that they have the capacity to make you feel powerful about what you can alter and achieve in your life' - Margaret Mahy

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