Promotion for Penguin Books

The Gavin Bishop Treasury is a very special hardback collection of 10 classic children’s stories for young readers to treasure and families to enjoy together for years to come.

Comprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and stunning artwork, children will be spellbound by this beautiful hardback gift treasury of ten favourite fairy tales and original stories, written and illustrated by the multiple-award-winning New Zealand author Gavin Bishop.

10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales

Between the covers, you will find four of Gavin’s delightful original tales, featuring such beloved characters as drab Mrs McGinty, who becomes a sensation when a fast-growing plant takes off in her yard, along with a rainbow-chasing sheep, a little rabbit who longs to visit the sea, and a bear who decides he can go without his winter sleep.

There are also six of Gavin’s delicious, humour-filled fairy tale retellings, including crafty Mr Fox with an empty food sack to fill, the gloriously illustrated Three Little Pigs, and Rats!, in which Mrs Polly Piper, vexed by an infestation of cheeky rodents, accepts help from the dashing, accordion-playing Rapscallion Claw.

This beautiful gift collection will entrance families of all ages and is the ideal inducement to snuggle up and read together.

The 10 gorgeous stories included in this treasury are:

• Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant
• Bidibidi
• Mr Fox
• Chicken Licken
• A Apple Pie
• The Three Little Pigs
• Little Rabbit and the Sea
• Stay Awake, Bear!
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• Rats!

Family review from Jessica

The Gavin Bishop Treasury is an instant New Zealand classic! It has been enjoyed by the whole family, from read-aloud sessions greatly enjoyed by my four-year-old and six-year-old (and myself!) to the nine-year-old and 11-year-old picking it up and enjoying a quiet reading moment and taking in all the lovely illustrations.

It’s so easy to read out loud with lots of fun for the reader and the listener – the children all thought it was wonderful. They enjoyed hearing old stories, some with twists and some more traditional. The illustrations are all beautiful and really spark the imagination.

Our family gave it 5 out of 5 stars. We highly recommend this book and suggest you either buy it for someone for Christmas or put it on your wishlist!
It’s the best all-round new children’s book we’ve had in a long time.

Mr 6: “My favourite story is Chicken Licken because it’s funny.”

Mr 9: “I like Mr Fox the best because it has a funny and unexpected ending!”

Miss 11: “I’ve enjoyed the whole book as it’s a fun and easy read enjoying familiar fairy tales and some new ones!”

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