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Hardback160 pages
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www.malachydoyle.co.uk/mdpage1.htmlPublisher
Barefoot Books LtdSuitable for Ages
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Publication date
12th October 2005ISBN
9781841487977Publisher Profile
Barefoot Books celebrate art and story that opens the hearts and minds of children from all walks of life, inspiring them to read deeper, search further, and explore their own creative gifts. They take their inspiration from many different cultures, focusing on themes that encourage independence of spirit, enthusiasm for learning, and sharing of the world’s diversity.
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Barefoot Book Of Fairy Tales
Malachy Doyle
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Magical stories are brought to life in this substantial Barefoot collection of Fairy Tales. There’s plenty of action and drama throughout. It really is a must-have collection for the family bookshelf to bring out and read a story from, from time to time. From Ali Baba and Cinderella, to Rumpelstiltskin and The Girl who became a Fish there is something for everyone here whether you are 5 or 105.
Synopsis
Barefoot Book Of Fairy Tales by Malachy DoyleJourney to magical and memorable lands with this long-awaited anthology of classic fairy tales from nine different countries and cultures. Including such favorites as 'Cinderella' and 'The Sleeping Beauty', as well as lesser-known stories like the Ukrainian tale 'The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship', this collection is masterfully told by Malachy Doyle and illustrated in Nicoletta Ceccoli’s always charming and thoroughly enchanting style.
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'This enchanting book of both old and new fairy tales delivers young minds into a world where history, literature and imagination intersect... a welcome gift' - The Good Book Guide'About The Author
Malachy Doyle was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1954. His parents had recently moved up from Dublin and named him, their seventh child, after a local saint. They lived in Whitehead, a small town at the mouth of Belfast Lough all his childhood; his father still lives there. He went to secondary school (Saint Malachy’s College) in Belfast, and then to Bolton, Lancashire where he studied for a degree in Psychology. Malachy taught in Leeds for a year, followed by six months packing Polo Mints. He then worked for seven long years in advertising, firstly for Rowntree Mackintosh in York and later for general foods in Banbury, before buying a small holding in West Wales.
To feed his wife, Liz, their three young children, Naomi, Hannah and Liam (now teenagers), and numerous goats, pigs and chickens, Malachy took a job as a care assistant in a local Residential Special School. For the next seven years he darned socks, patched jeans and generally looked after the children there, before being offered the post of Deputy Head at another Special School. They moved to Machynlleth, a small town on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park, and three years later he began to write for children. He now writes full time, apart from visiting schools or escaping into the mountains, and his books are available in eleven different languages.
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