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| Author | Peter Dickinson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Michael Foreman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories, Bible stories |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 188 pp (first edition) including bibliography[1] |
| ISBN | 0575028831 |
| OCLC | 472787135 |
| 221.9/505[1] | |
| LC Class | BS551.2 .D47 1980[1] |
City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament is a collection of 33 Old Testament Bible stories retold for children by Peter Dickinson, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1980.[2] The British Library Association awarded Dickinson his second Carnegie Medal recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject[2][a] and highly commended Foreman for the companion Kate Greenaway Medal.[3][b]
City of Gold is a "radical" retelling of Bible stories, according to the retrospective online Carnegie Medal citation. "It is set in a time before the Bible was written down, when its stories were handed from generation to generation by the spoken word."[2]
U.S. editions by Pantheon Books (New York, 1980)[1] and Otter Books (Boston, 1992) retained Foreman's illustrations.
- ^ a b c d "City of gold and other stories from the Old Testament" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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