Imatge de l'autor

Margaret Mahy (1936–2012)

Autor/a de The Seven Chinese Brothers

254+ obres 11,470 Membres 359 Ressenyes 24 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Margaret Mahy was born on March 21, 1936 in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She received a B.A. degree from the University of New Zealand. She worked as a nurse, an assistant librarian, and a children's librarian in England and New Zealand. Her first book, A Lion in the Meadow, was published mostra'n més in 1969. She became a full-time author in 1980. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 120 children's books including The Haunting, The Changeover, Memory, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate and A Summery Saturday Morning. She won the Esther Glen Award five times, the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association three times, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Hans Christian Andersen Award, and in 1999, she won the New Zealand Post Children's Book Award in two categories, Picture Book and Supreme Award. She died after a brief illness on July 23, 2012 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Margaret Mahy

The Seven Chinese Brothers (1990) 1,466 exemplars
The Changeover (1984) 846 exemplars
A Summery Saturday Morning (1998) 346 exemplars
The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1800) 338 exemplars
The Haunting (1982) 332 exemplars
Bubble Trouble (1991) 326 exemplars
The Tricksters (1985) 312 exemplars
Catalogue of the Universe (1985) 280 exemplars
Maddigan's Fantasia (2005) 260 exemplars
17 Kings and 42 Elephants (1987) 256 exemplars
Memory (1987) 217 exemplars
Alchemy (2002) 209 exemplars
The Rattlebang Picnic (1994) 203 exemplars
Down the Back of the Chair (2006) 192 exemplars
The World in 1492 (1992) 192 exemplars
A Lion in the Meadow (1969) 175 exemplars
Aliens in the Family (1985) 164 exemplars
The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate (1600) 133 exemplars
The Magician of Hoad (2008) 131 exemplars
The Pirates' Mixed-up Voyage (1983) 124 exemplars
24 Hours (2000) 117 exemplars
Underrunners (1992) 117 exemplars
The Other Side of Silence (1995) 109 exemplars
The Three-Legged Cat (1993) 107 exemplars
Espais perillosos (1991) 104 exemplars
La Porta de l'aire (1988) 99 exemplars
Jam (1985) 86 exemplars
El segrest de la bibliotecària (1978) 83 exemplars
The Five Sisters (1996) 78 exemplars
Leaf magic (1976) 75 exemplars
The Witch in the Cherry Tree (1974) 68 exemplars
The Horrendous Hullabaloo (1992) 61 exemplars
The Girl with the Green Ear (1992) 60 exemplars
Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles (1981) 60 exemplars
The Green Bath (2013) 60 exemplars
The Man from the Land of Fandango (1600) — Autor — 55 exemplars
Boom Baby Boom Boom (1996) 55 exemplars
When the King Rides By (1986) 53 exemplars
The Good Fortunes Gang (1993) 53 exemplars
The Horribly Haunted School (1997) 49 exemplars
Nonstop Nonsense (1977) 46 exemplars
Kaitangata Twitch (2005) 46 exemplars
Making Friends (1990) 44 exemplars
The Boy With Two Shadows (1987) 40 exemplars
Dashing Dog (2002) 35 exemplars
Beaten by a Balloon (1997) 35 exemplars
The Christmas Tree Tangle (1994) 35 exemplars
The Gargling Gorilla (2003) 35 exemplars
The Greatest Show off Earth (1600) 33 exemplars
The Dragon's Birthday (1863) 33 exemplars
Simply Delicious! (1999) 32 exemplars
The Pirate Uncle (1977) 31 exemplars
A Fortunate Name (1993) 30 exemplars
Fantail Fantail (1989) 29 exemplars
Clancy's Cabin (1974) 29 exemplars
Fingers on the Back of the Neck (1998) 29 exemplars
My Wonderful Aunt, Story One (1986) 28 exemplars
Keeping House (1991) 27 exemplars
Mr. Rumfitt (1987) 26 exemplars
The Queen's Goat (1991) 26 exemplars
Mister Whistler (2012) 26 exemplars
Guinea Pig Grass (1987) 26 exemplars
The tree doctor (1987) 25 exemplars
Don't Read This! : And Other Tales of the Unnatural (1994) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
The man who enjoyed grumbling (1986) 24 exemplars
A Fortune Branches Out (1993) 23 exemplars
Organ Music (2010) 23 exemplars
The Garden Party (1986) 22 exemplars
The New House Villain (1987) 22 exemplars
Bus Under the Leaves (1974) 22 exemplars
Feeling Funny (1986) 22 exemplars
Crocodile, crocodile (1990) 22 exemplars
My Wonderful Aunt: Story Two (1986) 22 exemplars
Midnight Story (1996) 21 exemplars
Down the dragon's tongue (2000) 21 exemplars
Trouble on the Bus (1986) 20 exemplars
Tangled Fortunes (1994) 20 exemplars
The Three Magicians (1990) 19 exemplars
My Wonderful Aunt: Story Three (1986) 19 exemplars
The Funny Funny Clown Face (1987) 19 exemplars
The Spider in the Shower (1984) 18 exemplars
Down in the Dump with Dinsmore (1999) 18 exemplars
A Villain's Night Out (1999) 18 exemplars
The Haunting of Miss Cardamon (1987) 17 exemplars
No dinner for Sally (1989) 17 exemplars
My Wonderful Aunt: Story Four (1988) 17 exemplars
A Tall Story and Other Tales (1991) 16 exemplars
The Moon and Farmer McPhee (2010) 16 exemplars
The Margaret Mahy Treasury (2011) 16 exemplars
Going to the Beach (1984) 15 exemplars
My Mysterious World (1995) 14 exemplars
The Adventures of a Kite (1985) 14 exemplars
Giant Soup (1984) 13 exemplars
The Mad Puppet (1987) 13 exemplars
Wibble-wobble (1984) 12 exemplars
A Very Wicked Headmistress (1995) 12 exemplars
The Wind Between the Stars (1976) 11 exemplars
Solar Systems: Fact or Fiction (1990) 11 exemplars
Operation Terror (Surfers) (1600) 11 exemplars
The pop group (Sunshine books) (1986) 10 exemplars
Portable ghosts (2006) 10 exemplars
The Dentist's Promise (1991) 10 exemplars
The Witch Dog (2014) 9 exemplars
The Tale of a Tail (2014) 9 exemplars
An Elephant in the House (1986) 9 exemplars
Wait for Me! (2003) 8 exemplars
Tai Taylor and the Sweet Annie (1987) 8 exemplars
The Fiddle and the Gun ( (1992) 8 exemplars
The Little Witch (1970) 7 exemplars
Mrs. Discombobulous (1969) 7 exemplars
The dragon's telephone (1994) 7 exemplars
Moppy's ball (Sunshine books) (1986) 7 exemplars
The procession (1969) 7 exemplars
Footsteps through the fog (2012) 6 exemplars
My Wonderful Aunt Story Six (1988) 6 exemplars
Clever Hamburger (Tiddlywinks) (1985) 6 exemplars
The Catten (1985) 6 exemplars
Leap year (1996) 5 exemplars
The Little Round Husband (1990) 5 exemplars
The Crocodile in the Garden (1985) 5 exemplars
The cake (1985) 5 exemplars
Aunt Nasty (2016) 5 exemplars
Me and My Dog (2003) 5 exemplars
Mrs Bubble's Baby (1983) 4 exemplars
Pillycock's Shop (1969) 4 exemplars
The big black bulging bump (1995) 4 exemplars
The Princess and the Clown (1971) 4 exemplars
Mr Rooster (1988) 3 exemplars
The Baby-sitter (1988) 3 exemplars
Arguments (Read-Alongs) (1986) 3 exemplars
The Magician's Lunch (1986) 3 exemplars
A Crocodile in the Library (1989) 3 exemplars
Mouse Wedding (Tiddlywinks) (1991) 3 exemplars
The Great Car Clean-out (2002) 3 exemplars
A Good Knee for a Cat * (1997) 3 exemplars
The Earthquake (1985) 3 exemplars
White Elephants (1996) 3 exemplars
Rooms for rent (1974) 3 exemplars
Beautiful Pig (1988) 3 exemplars
HL' Ialtra faccia del silenzio (1998) 2 exemplars
Off to the Shop (2001) 2 exemplars
De papegaaien van Chibbawokki (1992) 2 exemplars
The Bubbling Crocodile (1989) 2 exemplars
David's Witch Doctor (1976) 2 exemplars
Le monstre de la caverne noire (1995) 2 exemplars
Long Grass of Tumbledown Road (1986) 1 exemplars
Operazione terrore (2000) 1 exemplars
L' esperimento di E. Carnival (1993) 1 exemplars
Adventures of the robber pig (2004) 1 exemplars
The Old Bus 1 exemplars
Zerelda's horses (2005) 1 exemplars
Fantail (Ready to Read) (1998) 1 exemplars
Crocodile Lake (1997) 1 exemplars
Rapimento in biblioteca (2021) 1 exemplars
De draaimolen (1987) 1 exemplars
Look Under V 1 exemplars
Zijn moeder was zeerover (1985) 1 exemplars
De bende van Fortuin (1995) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Young Warriors: Stories of Strength (2005) — Col·laborador — 624 exemplars
It's Great To Be Eight (1997) — Col·laborador — 265 exemplars
Free? Stories About Human Rights (2009) — Col·laborador — 119 exemplars
Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing (2006) — Col·laborador — 90 exemplars
The Wilful Eye (2011) — Col·laborador — 85 exemplars
The Kingfisher Treasury of Witch and Wizard Stories (1996) — Col·laborador — 66 exemplars
The Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children (1985) — Col·laborador — 64 exemplars
Centuries of Stories (1999) — Col·laborador — 58 exemplars
911: The Book of Help (2002) — Col·laborador — 49 exemplars
Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art (2003) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
Bones: Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Dreams (2011) — Col·laborador — 40 exemplars
The Picador Book of Contemporary New Zealand Fiction (1996) — Col·laborador — 32 exemplars
A Century of Children's Ghost Stories: Tales of Dread and Delight (1995) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Dragons, Dragons, Dragons (1972) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 (2012) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars
The Ghost Story Treasury (1987) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Midnight Feast (2007) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
The Inward Sun: Celebrating the Life and Work of Janet Frame (1994) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Snapshots (1995) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, November 1977 (1971) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12, August 1977 (1970) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars

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Obres
254
També de
25
Membres
11,470
Popularitat
#2,048
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
359
ISBN
1,295
Llengües
16
Preferit
24

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