This is a fantastic and magical tale about what happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to bedtime stories. It is up to Jub, the keeper of the happy endings, to save the day and ensure sweet dreams everywhere in this lyrical story about storytelling. In the tradition of classic fairy tales for children, Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray have created a truly compelling, surprising and beautiful story for children of all ages.
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'A powerful book for older readers' TES 'A marriage made in picture book heaven - Duffy's lyrical prose matched with Jane Ray's rich, magical illustrations' Financial Times 'This evocative story has particularly beautiful illustrations' Daily Mail
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About the Author
Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester and is a renowned poet and winner of the Whitbread Award and T.S. Eliot Award. She has published several collections of poetry for children and this is her first full-length colour picture book. Jane Ray lives in London (N10) and is equally respected as an illustrator. Her books are received with great acclaim and she has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal as well as won the Smarties Award and Mother Goose Award. This is her second book for Bloomsbury.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Well illustrated book, not suitable for younger children,
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This review is from: The Lost Happy Endings (Paperback)
This is a great book for children who are aged from about 5 to 10 years old. It is a bit too much like a horror story for children under 4!
'The Lost Happy Endings' is a story about a six fingered "deario" called Jub, who had a very important job. She had to run into the forest, climb up the the old oak tree and tip out all of the happy endings into the night's sky. Then one day a wicked, nasty, horrible witch stole the happy endings! We thought the book was fine, but it wasn't always very amusing and we thought it was a bit rude in places. The parts of it that we liked the most were the imaginative bits.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, but not for small children,
By Mom of 2 (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lost Happy Endings (Paperback)
This story and its illustrations are beautiful, and are compelling to my six-year-old daughter. I'm glad we didn't get it for her earlier, though, because it's a bit scary. When the happy endings are lost, all the fairy tales endings go haywire -- e.g., the wolf devours Red Riding Hood and Snow White perishes permanently. When Jub prevails, the wicked witch is consumed horribly by flames as Jub watches helplessly.
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