Henrietta Branford
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Henrietta Branford was born in India in 1946 but grew up in a remote part of the New Forest. Her first novel, Royal Blunder, was published in 1990. After that she wrote many different sorts of books, from picture books to teenage novels, including Dimanche Diller (Smarties Prize and the Prix Tam-Tam) and Fire, Bed and Bone (Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). After her death in 1997 a prize was established to commemorate her and her editor Wendy Boase - the Branford Boase Award for a first novel.
Books by Henrietta Branford
Hansel and Gretel: A Magic Beans Story
A short story from the Magic Beans series. When a brother and sister discover a gingerbread house, the truth isn't as sweet as it seems.
Magic Beans: A Handful of Fairytales from the Storybag
Adèle Geras, Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Henrietta Branford, Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Tony Mitton, Alan Garner, Berlie Doherty, Gillian Cross, Kit Wright, Michael Morpurgo, Susan Gates, Linda Newbery
Beautiful retellings of favourite fairytales by the best-loved writers for children.