The Margaret Mahy Treasury

by Margaret Mahy

The Margaret Mahy Treasury contains eleven favourite Mahy stories. In this volume you will find such timeless classics as A Lion in the Meadow, The Witch in the Cherry Tree, The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate and many more. These beautifully illustrated stories are childhood essentials.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Margaret Mahy was a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.

Her books The Haunting and The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. There have 100 children's books, 40 novels, and 20 collections of her stories published. Among her children's books, A Lion in the Meadow and The Seven Chinese Brothers and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate are considered national classics. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Catalan and Afrikaans. In addition, some stories have been translated into Russian, Chinese and Icelandic.

For her contributions to children's literature she was made a member of the Order of New Zealand. The Margaret Mahy Medal Award was established by the New Zealand Children's Book Foundation in 1991 to provide recognition of excellence in children's literature, publishing and literacy in New Zealand. In 2006 she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award (known as the Little Nobel Prize) in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature".

Margaret Mahy died on 23 July 2012.

On 29 April 2013, New Zealand’s top honour for children’s books was renamed the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret...

Reviews

[Simon Sweetman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great to read all of these stories, in this one place. Some I knew so well. Some I'd never heard or read before. We loved this. And will love it again I'm sure.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This author is one of my favorites,i adored her novels at a very young age-in primary and even until now,she is one of the famous authors i have known within my entire life...

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A dearly loved author from the land of my birth.
I love the rhythm and flow of her stories. Particularly when narrated by the author herself.

[Jaq · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some very clever stories here, and my child and I did enjoy them - especially the tale of the shark and the boy!!!!