Die Wunschkatze - bk1475; Obelisk Verlag; Jean Chapman; Paperback; 1973
Jean Chapman Bücher
Jean Chapman, eine engagierte Kinderbuchautorin, schuf fantasievolle Erzählungen, die junge Leser verzauberten und die australische Kinderliteratur maßgeblich prägten. Ihre produktive Arbeit, die insgesamt 63 Bücher umfasst, zeugt von einem tiefen Verständnis für die Welt des Kindes und fördert durch ihre Geschichten Kreativität und Staunen. Chapman engagierte sich aktiv für ihr Publikum und besuchte häufig Schulen und Bibliotheken, um mit Kindern in Kontakt zu treten und ihre Lesefreude zu wecken. Ihre bedeutenden Beiträge wurden mit zahlreichen Auszeichnungen gewürdigt, darunter die Ehrenmitgliedschaft im Children's Book Council of Australia, was ihr Vermächtnis als beliebte Figur der Kinderliteratur festigte.
Invited by the oldest customer of his rural Lincolnshire pub to a local Horse Trial event, Ex-Met Inspector John Cannon suspects there is an ulterior motive. There is, the first of many with more deadly outcomes as Cannon finds himself plunged into the ruthless ambitions of some in this horse focussed world. The inheritance of a family fortune is also an issue. The stakes just get bigger all the time. Local tragedies, murder and kidnap take the action to America. Now Cannon begins to realise the scale of gangland crime involved, and just how many lives have been blighted. In Kentucky it is made worse by two rival gang leaders both believing they have a horse that will win the Kentucky Derby. The climax comes on the track as this world famous race is taking place, but not before Cannon has experienced the wilder, lonelier, beautiful stretches of Louisiana as he tries to rescue the maltreated kidnap victim
A romance set in the Midlands in the 19th century. Leah is forced to take on her pedlar grandfather's tally round to save her family from starvation. She makes a disastrous trip as peddler of the surplus knitted garments from the family's stockinger's shop. She is unprepared for the prejudices of her own sex and the outrageous discrimination of the men. In the village of Soston prejudice, superstition and the unbridled lust of a squire's son threaten the proud and beautiful girl and those she loves.
Velvet Paws & Whiskers
- 168 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
Stories, songs, verses and activities on the theme of cats.
