A collection of stories, primarily about brave warrior gods, told around the fireside on cold winter nights by the people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland.!
A collection of stories, primarily about brave warrior gods, told around the fireside on cold winter nights by the people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
Philip Ardagh (1961-) Biography
Born 1961, in Kent, England; Education: Educated in Kent and Sussex.
Addresses
Agent—c/o Author Mail, Faber and Faber Ltd., 3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AU, England.
Career
Children's book author. Writer in advertising agency, early 1980s; also worked as a hospital cleaner, librarian, and reader for the blind; BBC Radio 4, contributor; Guardian, Children's Fiction Prize judge, 2003.
Honors Awards
Luchs prize (Germany), 2003.
Writings
NONFICTION; FOR YOUNG READERS
History's Great Inventors, illustrated by Chris Mould, Belitha (London, England), 1996.
Philip Ardagh
History's Travellers and Explorers, illustrated by Chris Mould, Belitha (London, England), 1996.
Why Do Humans Have Two Legs?, illustrated by G.
Callaby and H. James, Belitha (London, England), 1996.
Why Don't Fish Have Fingers?, Belitha (London, England), 1996.
History Detectives: Aztecs, illustrated by Colin King, Macmillan (London, England), 1998