Unnatural Creatures

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The griffin, the sunbird, manticores, unicorns all manner of glorious creatures never captured in zoos, museums or photographs are packed vividly into this collection of stories. Neil Gaiman has included some of his own childhood favourites alongside stories classic and modern to spark the imagination of readers young and old. All contributors have given their work free to benefit Dave Eggers literacy charity, 826DC. Also includes a new Neil Gaiman Story.

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Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work The Graveyard Book. His ground-breaking picture books include The Wolves in the Walls. The L.A. Times has described his multi-million-selling graphic novel series Sandman as the greatest epic in the history of comic books. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films. In 2011 he wrote The Doctors Wife episode of Doctor Who and appeared as himself in The Simpsons. www.gaimanbooks.co.uk @neilhimself