Collected Stories for Children
First edition | |
| Author | Walter de la Mare |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's fantasy short stories, fairy tales |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 437 pp (first edition) |
| OCLC | 53052613 |
| LC Class | PZ7.D3724 Co |
Collected Stories for Children is a collection of 17 fantasy stories or original fairy tales by Walter de la Mare, first published by Faber in 1947 with illustrations by Irene Hawkins. De la Mare won the annual Carnegie Medal recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. It was the first collection to win the award and the first time that previously published material had been considered.