By Sam McBratney (author)
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"One voice, please," shouts the innkeeper. "One voice only, please."
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And so begins a marvellous journey through the oral storytelling tradition. Containing over fifty short stories and fables from around the world, this humble anthology is the result of author Sam McBratney's 25-year interest in collecting tales. Well-known tales such as The Good Samaritan and The Pied Piper make an appearance, as well as many new stories. Told with wit and wisdom, the tales are accompanied by stylish black and white illustrations from Russell Ayto.
Sam McBratney (1 March 1943 – 18 September 2020) won many awards for his children’s books and is best known as the author of the multi-million selling Guess How Much I Love You which was shortlisted for the 1994 Kurt Maschler Award, and is now one of the world’s bestselling picture books.
As a child In his own words, Sam McBratney spent his postwar childhood “in short trousers and Fair Isle jumpers.” He remembers studying for his 11-plus exam, before going to grammar school, and then on to study History and Political Science at Trinity College in Dublin.
As an adult Sam became a teacher and taught at a further education college, a grammar school and a primary school. He took early retirement from the teaching profession to concentrate on his career as a writer. Sam is married with three grown-up children and a teenage tortoise, and lives in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
As an artist Sam has won many awards for his children’s books and is best known as the author of the multi-million selling Guess How Much I Love You which was shortlisted for the 1994 Kurt Maschler Award, and is now one of the world’s best-selling picture books. In 2004, Sam reunited with Guess How Much I Love You illustrator Anita Jeram to produce the follow-up, You’re All My Favourites , and the two of them collaborated again in 2007 to produce a series of brand-new storybooks featuring the Nutbrown Hares: Guess How Much I Love You in the Spring followed by Summer, Autumn and Winter and brought together in Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round.
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"One voice, please," shouts the innkeeper. "One voice only, please." And so begins a marvellous journey through the oral storytelling tradition.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed One Voice, Please and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
One Voice, Please features in the following genres: Anthologies, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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One Voice, Please was written by Sam McBratney and published by Walker Books Ltd
One Voice, Please has 174 pages
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