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Mary and Frankenstein

Mary and Frankenstein

The True Story of Mary Shelley

by Linda Bailey and Júlia Sardà
Paperback
Age range: null to 5 Publication Date: 01/09/2019

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It began with a girl named Mary. She liked to daydream and imagine. And she grew up to write Frankenstein.

The inspirational true story of the great writer Mary Shelley, brought to life for children in this stunning picture book by multi-award winning a Mary loves stories, but the stories in her daydreams are far more thrilling than those in any book.

After a troubled childhood, eighteen-year-old Mary runs away to Switzerland with the famous poet Percy Bysse Shelley, her step-sister in tow. One dark and stormy night at his house by the lake, they huddle around the fire, telling ghost stories. But Mary can imagine better than those!

After learning about electricity that can make dead frogs twitch, she has a nightmare that triggers the birth of one of the greatest scary stories of all time: Frankenstein... A perfect read for the very youngest aspiring writers, and for fans of Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell’s The Sleeper and the Spindle.

  • An imagining of stepsisters Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont's tumultuous years abroad, their affairs, friendships and tragic losses. 
  • The inspiring story of the girl behind one of the greatest horror novels - and monsters -ever, perfectly timed for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. 
  • For fans for picture book biographies such as Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World by Kate Pankhurst.
ISBN:
9781783447633
9781783447633
Category:
Picture storybooks
Age range:
null to 5
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-09-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Andersen Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
48
Dimensions (mm):
292x191x5mm
Weight:
0.22kg
Linda Bailey

Linda Bailey is the author of more than two dozen books for children, including the Stevie Diamond mystery series, the Good Times Travel Agency graphic novels, and an eclectic assortment of picture books including If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur and the acclaimed Stanley's Party.

She has won many awards such as the California Young Readers' Medal, the Georgia Storybook Award, the Ontario Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Awards, the Oregon SMART Award and the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. Born in Winnipeg, Linda has travelled the world, and so have her books. She has two grown daughters, Lia and Tess, and lives in Vancouver within strolling distance of the sea.

Júlia Sardà

Júlia Sardà has illustrated everything from classic children's books to concept art for merchandise and video games, and covers for the likes of The Clockwork Sparrow, Rose Campion and the Stolen Secret and Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard.

She is the illustrator of the acclaimed The Liszts, Sweep and The Problim Children, and she illustrated One Day in Wonderland: A Celebration of Lewis Carroll's Alice by Kathleen Krull. Her illustrations of classic stories include Oliver Twist, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz.

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