CHAMBERS, Aidan - Animal Fair - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

Did belong to a library before but book and wrapper still in very good condition - A scarce item -  Illustrations by Anthony Colbert - 1st Edition - Published by Heinemann in 1979.  >>>  An anthology of stories, poems and articles about animals.   >>>    Aidan Chambers was born in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham, in 1934.   -   In 1953 after undergoing National Service, he trained to become a teacher and worked at Westcliff High School for Boys in Southend on Sea for 3 years. In 1960 he joined an Anglican monastery in Stroud, Gloucestershire, continuing to work as a teacher of English and Drama while he was there, and it was during these years that his first books were published - plays, including Johnny Salter (1966) and The Chicken Run (1968), and short novels and stories written for his pupils.   -   In 1967 he left the monastery, and a year later resigned from teaching. Since then he has been a freelance writer and lecturer for teachers and librarians. From 1982 to 1992, he was a visiting lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford, where he set up undergraduate courses in children's literature.