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PC/19/2/8 - Lucky Hans and the silver cord, speech by Patricia Crampton

Reference code
PC/19/2/8
Level of description
Item
Title
Lucky Hans and the silver cord, speech by Patricia Crampton
Date/s
1983
Quantity & Format
9 leaves Typescript
Creator
Crampton, Patricia, 1925-2016
Scope and content
A second copy of this draft speech is at PC/19/2/9.
The speech was published in the Horn Book Magazine, Sep/Oct 1984 (PC/19/2/10).

The speech was delivered on 19 August 1983 at the 16th Loughborough International Seminar on Children's Literature at the College of Librarianship Wales, Aberystwyth.

'Lucky Hans and the Silver Cord' is the tale of Hans in Luck (a story with a foolish or innocent theme, depending on your point of view). PC discusses the magic of words and stories through the ages. She references the author Aidan Chambers. She looks at the approach of translators to children's books.
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