The Runaway Shoes and Other Stories

This is an excellent collection of stories. Nearly all were new to me and I liked them very much. The choice of authors is very wide-ranging and includes Dorothy Edwards, Arthur Ransome, Pamela Oldfield and Iris Grender as well as some lesser known names and, of course, our old friend Anon. The stories are equally catholic, ranging through magic, animals, monsters, school stories and fairy tales, and provide a wonderful surce of read-aloud tales as well as a veritable feast for young fluent readers to sample for themselves. My seven-year-old book devourers loved this book - it's big, fat and inviting and yet each story is short enough to be read at a sitting. Highly recommended both for children's reading and the teacher's collection.