- City of Gold (book)
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City of Gold 
1980 hardback editionAuthor(s) Peter Dickinson Illustrator Michael Foreman Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Short stories Publisher Gollancz Publication date 1980 Media type Print (Hardback; Paperback) Pages 188 pp City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament retold by Peter Dickinson is a collection of stories for children based on Old Testament narratives. The illustrations, both in colour and black-and-white, are by Michael Foreman. Published in 1980, City of Gold was the winner of the Carnegie Medal for that year.[1]
Reception
On the Carnegie website, the book is described as offering "a radical and fascinating approach to thirty-three Old Testament Bible stories".[2] There was some criticism of the choice in the pages of the Literary Association Record by librarians who wondered why the Carnegie committee so often chose books that no "ordinary" child would read; committee member Vivian Griffiths responded that popularity with children was not a criterion: the emphasis was on literary merit.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
- ^ Carnegie Living Archive
- ^ In the Realms of Gold: the story of the Carnegie Medal by Keith Barker, Julie MacRae Books, 1986
Awards Preceded by
TulkuCarnegie Medal recipient
1980Succeeded by
The ScarecrowsCategories:- 1980 short story collections
- Children's short story collections
- Novels by Peter Dickinson
- Carnegie Medal in Literature winners
- Children's book stubs
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