Background
Pilling was born in Warrington, Lancashire, and grew up in a house "groaning with books".
(Joss doesn't always like her little brother Pin, because ...)
Joss doesn't always like her little brother Pin, because he's a nuisance and he copies everything she does. When Joss starts collecting the fifty baked bean labels she needs to get a special gift, Pin does the same. The problem is that now they will have to collect twice as many labels - and eat one hundred tins of beans! From the author of "On the Lion's Side" and "Our Kid", both of which were shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Ann Pilling also wrote "Henry's Leg", which won the 1986 Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Derek Matthews' illustrations have appeared in the "Teddy Bear Songbook".
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(Fourteen great myths and legends from around the world re...)
Fourteen great myths and legends from around the world receive a dramatic retelling, featuring beautiful full-color illustrations inspired by the art of each myth's country of origin, including China, India, Africa, Greece, and North America.
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(Nick is fed up to find himself in hospital - especially n...)
Nick is fed up to find himself in hospital - especially next to Marcus Hogg-Robinson, the terror of the class. But someone is taking food from the children's lockers, and the two boys devise an amazing trap to catch the intruder. This book is part of the "Superchamp" series.
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(Presents retellings of stories from the Old and New Testa...)
Presents retellings of stories from the Old and New Testaments, accompanied by poems, prayers, and songs from around the world.
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(A mystery story focusing on bereavement and madness. Hele...)
A mystery story focusing on bereavement and madness. Helen Chapman is an enigma in her village. When a young child is murdered in the woods nearby, she is drawn into the troubled community where the mystery of her own tortured past emerges. Ann Pilling won the "Guardian" Award for "Henry's Leg".
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(This novel involves Terence Bolt who turns into a biscuit...)
This novel involves Terence Bolt who turns into a biscuit, much to the delight of his classmates, who try to nibble him. All ends well when he wakes up safely in bed. Ann Pilling's previous novels include "The Friday Parcel" and "Henry's Leg" which won the Gaurdian Award 1986.
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(The school outing to Ramshaw's Zoo seems damp and boring ...)
The school outing to Ramshaw's Zoo seems damp and boring at first. But things start to happen when Lugsy's toy gun is stolen and used in a hold-up. He and his friend, Monica, have to stop the thief with a very unconventional weapon.
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(Twins Neil and Terry, and their brainy friend Brian, thin...)
Twins Neil and Terry, and their brainy friend Brian, think that Albert Spencer, the "beast" living in the basement, is up to no good. But it turns out that they've got quite the wrong end of the stick.
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Pilling was born in Warrington, Lancashire, and grew up in a house "groaning with books".
King"s College London.
She has also written horror fiction under the pen name Ann Cheetham. She started writing at eight and she was going to church alone at twelve. She read English at King"s College London and wrote a Master"s thesis on C. South. Lewis.
(Fourteen great myths and legends from around the world re...)
(Twins Neil and Terry, and their brainy friend Brian, thin...)
(Presents retellings of stories from the Old and New Testa...)
(This novel involves Terence Bolt who turns into a biscuit...)
(Nick is fed up to find himself in hospital - especially n...)
(Joss doesn't always like her little brother Pin, because ...)
( The rugged west coast of Ireland seems like the perfect...)
(The school outing to Ramshaw's Zoo seems damp and boring ...)
(The school outing to Ramshaw's Zoo seems damp and boring ...)
(Charlie loves staying with his grandparents in the town. ...)
(A mystery story focusing on bereavement and madness. Hele...)