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100			_aGilderdale, Betty, _eauthor. _929213
240	1	0	_aIntroducing Margaret Mahy
245	1	0	_aMagical Margaret Mahy / _cBetty Gilderdale ; illustrated by Alan Gilderdale.
260			_aAuckland, New Zealand : _bPuffin Books, _c2013.
300			_a120 pages; _billustrations; _c20 cm.
500			_aRevision of: Introducing Margaret Mahy, first published in 1987.
500			_aIncludes new chapter, updates the lists of awards given to Margaret Mahy and updates the bibliography.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"Margaret Mahy was a wizard of words and a spinner of magical stories. She was New Zealand's best known writer for children and during her lifetime she wrote more than 200 books. She won some of the world's most prestigious writing awards, including the Carnegie medal and the Hans Christian Anderson award, and she often appeared in a purple wig or a penguin suit while she delighted audiences with vivacious readings of her stories. But who was Margaret Mahy? What was she like as a child? How did she become a writer? Where did her weird and wonderful ideas come from? In these pages we meet the woman behind the name on the book covers. Step into the world of he magical Margaret Mahy." --Bookdepositry.co.uk.
521			_aPrimary, intermediate.
600		0	_aMahy, Margaret _vJuvenile literature. _922764
650		0	_aAuthors, New Zealand _y20th century _vBiography _vJuvenile literature. _922761
700			_aGilderdale, Alan, _eillustrator. _929214
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