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  • Published: 1 November 2007
  • ISBN: 9780091893828
  • Imprint: Hutchinson
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $32.99

The Snow Goose



A new edition of a beautiful, poignant classic with stunning illustrations from acclaimed illustrator Angela Barrett.

Philip Rhayader lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse on the desolate Great Marsh of Essex. One afternoon, a hauntingly beautiful child, Fritha, visits Rhayader, bringing with her an injured snow goose. At first Fritha is scared of Rhayader, with his sinister hump and crooked hand, but he is gentle and kind and Fritha begins to visit regularly. When the snow goose departs for home, Rhayader is left alone again.

The following winter, the snow goose and Fritha return to the lighthouse. Time passes and one year Fritha is frightened to discover her feelings for Rhayader. But this is 1940 and Rhayader is setting sail for Dunkirk to help the soldiers trapped on the beaches. Fritha never sees Rhayader again. But the story of the saviour with the snow goose passes from soldier to soldier and into legend . . .

  • Published: 1 November 2007
  • ISBN: 9780091893828
  • Imprint: Hutchinson
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $32.99

About the authors

Angela Barrett

Angela Barrett is one of the most highly acclaimed illustrators in the country. She studied at the Royal College of Art and has illustrated a number of picture books, including a retelling of Anne Frank that has been translated into 12 different languages. Angela has won the Smarties Book Prize and the WHSmith Illustration Award. She lives in central London.

Paul Gallico

Paul Gallico was born in New York City in 1897. He worked on The New York Daily News before moving to Salcombe in South Devon where he began to write novels. Gallico wrote over forty books including the famous story, The Poseidon Adventure. He died in 1976.

Praise for The Snow Goose

The Snow Goose is a picture-book nirvana . . . This is the sort of stylish, sophisticated stuff you might want to keep for yourself

Sally Williams, Independent

Inspired pastel reimagining of Paul Gallico's World War classic

Observer

A most impressive, newly illustrated edition of this clear and simple, yet powerful, tale of an outsider

Carousel

A story that could have been written for Angela Barrett to illustrate . . . This is Barrett at her consummate best. 5 stars

Books for Keeps

Haunting and lyrical tale of love and loss and courage . . . A classic tale for every generation

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