Children's Fiction Short Stories
Some of the Kinder Planets
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2000
- Category
- Short Stories, Humorous Stories
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888994189
- Publish Date
- Oct 2000
- List Price
- $12.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554984756
- Publish Date
- Aug 2013
- List Price
- $5.99
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Description
Meet someone new… Harriet, who sees Mars and tastes pomengranates -- all in one day; Cluny, a girl who wants to publish a magazine for people with weird names; Ky, who lives in a geodesic dome deep in the country; Fletcher, the survivor of an almost fatal illness, who decides to paste the names of exotic places he would like to visit on his chest and stomach; Edward George, who made a discovery and became famous -- famous and forgotten -- on a hot day in 1867.
You'll get to know them all in Some of the Kinder Plants -- nine stories full of humor, surprise, fear and wonder, peopled by characters who are just like you, and yet very, very different.
About the author
TIM WYNNE-JONES is one of Canada's foremost writers for children. The author of over thirty-five books, he is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award, as well as a two-time winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and of the Arthur Ellis Award. His short-story collections include Some of the Kinder Planets, Book of Changes and Lord of the Fries. He is also known for his Rex Zero series. Recently, he wrote the young-adult novels The Ruinous Sweep; Emperor of Any Place, which earned seven starred reviews; and Blink & Caution, which won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Tim is also the recipient of the Edgar Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. In 2012, he was made an Officer to the Order of Canada. He lives in Perth, Ontario.
Awards
- Long-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award
- Winner, CLA Book of the Year for Children Award
- Winner, Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award
- Winner, Governor General's Literary Awards: Text
Editorial Reviews
Tim Wynne-Jones...has a good feel for young people...an outstanding collection of...contemporary fiction.
Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW
Funny and full of pithy, corkscrew logic and unique, unforgettable characters.
Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW