Leila Berg (1917–2012)
Autor(a) de Four Feet and Two
About the Author
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Obras por Leila Berg
Een lief klein huisje 2 exemplares
THE JOLLY FARM BOOK 2 exemplares
Het paasei 1 exemplar
Look and listen nursery rhymes (Record) 1 exemplar
Aventurat e Llufakut 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Words Among America: Sixty Poems of Challenge and Hope — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Goller, Leila (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1917-11-12
- Data de falecimento
- 2012-04-17
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- England
UK - Local de nascimento
- Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Wivenhoe, Essex, England, UK
- Educação
- Manchester High School for Girls
King's College, London - Ocupações
- journalist
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Eleanor Farjeon Award (1974)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 48
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 286
- Popularidade
- #81,618
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 70
- Línguas
- 3
To share one:
I heard of a child who played all day inseparably with a boy called Johnny, a West Indian boy. Johnny's mother went to work and Mandy's didn't, so Johnny had his meals with Mandy and went home at night. When Mandy and Johnny were five they started school. Mandy came home - without Johnny.
"Where's Johnny, then?" said her mother.
A haughty shrug. Silence.
"Where is he?"
Silence.
"Is he coming later?"
Silence.
The mother, perplexed, left her and went inside to get tea ready. Then -
"Tea's ready. Has Johnny come?"
Silence.
"Isn't he having tea today?"
Silence.
"What's the matter? Where IS Johnny? Have you had a quarrel? What's happened?"
"Well!" said Mandy, tossing her head with what Blake called Experience. "He never told me he was black!"… (mais)