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The Oxford Book of Children's Stories by Jan Mark; Sarah Fielding; Thomas Day; John Aikin; Barbauld, Mrs.; Mary Lamb; Alicia Catherine Mant; Mary Martha Sherwood; Catherine Sinclair; Frances Browne; A L O E; George MacDonald; Lucretia P Hale; Louisa May Alcott; Jean Ingelow; Christina Georgina Rossetti; Susan Coolidge; L Duykwood; W K Clifford, Mrs.; Frank R Stockton; Rudyard Kipling; E V Lucas; Max Beerbohm, Sir; E Nesbit; Mary De Morgan; Carl Sandburg; Walter De la Mare; Alice Massie; M R James; Richmal Crompton; H De Vere Stacpoole; Patricia Lynch; Joan Aiken; Bill Naughton; Philippa Pearce; Ann Thwaite; Richard Kennedy; Rosa Guy; James Berry; Anne Fine; Nadia Wheatley is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Oxford Book of Children's Stories about?

Here are some of the very best short stories written for children over the last 250 years. Compiled by the well-known children's writer and Carnegie Medalist, Jan Mark, this is the first anthology to trace how children's short stories evolved, ranging from the publication of Sarah Fielding's "The Governess" in 1749, to Nadia Wheatley's "Convict Box" in 1992. Anyone who enjoys children's fiction, whether young or old, will find something to savor in The Oxford Book of Children's Stories . Fairy tales, ghost stories, adventures and escapades in and out of school, every genre is included here, peopled by good children and bad, strict parents and kindly aunts, kings and queens, giants and enchanters. Mark includes work by 44 different authors, including well-known figures such as Louisa May Alcott, Christina Rossetti, Rudyard Kipling, Max Beerbohm, and Carl Sandburg, leading modern writers such as Philippa Pearce, Richard Kennedy, Nadia Wheatley, and Jan Mark herself--plus many long-forgotten tales that are still highly entertaining today. Chronologically arranged, the anthology also serves as an introduction to the historical development of the children's short story, providing insigh

Author

Jan Mark; Sarah Fielding; Thomas Day; John Aikin; Barbauld, Mrs.; Mary Lamb; Alicia Catherine Mant; Mary Martha Sherwood; Catherine Sinclair; Frances Browne; A L O E; George MacDonald; Lucretia P Hale; Louisa May Alcott; Jean Ingelow; Christina Georgina Rossetti; Susan Coolidge; L Duykwood; W K Clifford, Mrs.; Frank R Stockton; Rudyard Kipling; E V Lucas; Max Beerbohm, Sir; E Nesbit; Mary De Morgan; Carl Sandburg; Walter De la Mare; Alice Massie; M R James; Richmal Crompton; H De Vere Stacpoole; Patricia Lynch; Joan Aiken; Bill Naughton; Philippa Pearce; Ann Thwaite; Richard Kennedy; Rosa Guy; James Berry; Anne Fine; Nadia Wheatley

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192823977

Subjects

Children'S, Short Stories, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.54 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14