Description
The adventures of Rostam and his horse Rakhsh leap off the page in this strikingly illustrated retelling of stories from the Shahnameh. TreeTops Greatest Stories is a series of timeless classics for children aged 7-11. Its much-loved stories, beautiful artwork and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love.
Winner of the Warwick, Leeds, Sefton, Calderdale, and Wirral book awards, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2011. Sir Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Children's Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other projects, including for the V&A Museum, British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Children's Laureate.