Books with author Chris Winn

A treasure trove of fascinating trivia about the city that never sleepsDid you know: • Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world. • Columbus Circle is the point from which all official distances to and from New York are measured • When Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinity Church in 1976, she was presented with 279 peppercorns in back rent • Macy’s owns almost a full city block…but not the real estate its famous sign featuring its signature red bag is on.Take a delightful journey from the bottom of the island of Manhattan to the top and discover extraordinary facts about New York along the way. You’ll find yourself saying, “I never knew that about New York!”

A treasure trove of fascinating trivia about the city that never sleepsDid you know: • Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world. • Columbus Circle is the point from which all official distances to and from New York are measured • When Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinity Church in 1976, she was presented with 279 peppercorns in back rent • Macy’s owns almost a full city block…but not the real estate its famous sign featuring its signature red bag is on.Take a delightful journey from the bottom of the island of Manhattan to the top and discover extraordinary facts about New York along the way. You’ll find yourself saying, “I never knew that about New York!”

Christopher Winn digs beneath the gleaming towers and mean streets of New York and discovers its secrets and its hidden treasures. Learn about the extraordinary people who built New York into one of the world's great cities in just 400 years. Winn unearths much that is unexpected and unremembered in this fast moving, ever changing metropolis where history is made on a daily basis!

THE SPRITE SISTERS - FOUR SISTERS, FOUR ELEMENTS, FOUR POWERSFIRE - WATER - EARTH - AIREach of the four Sprite Sisters has a magic power aligned to one of the Elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air. This magic must must be kept secret and only used for good otherwise the girls risk losing it.The Ghost in the Tower is the fourth story in Sheridan Winn's bestselling Sprite Sisters' series. The magical adventures of Flame, Marina, Ash and Ariel Sprite are aimed at readers aged 7-13 years and have sold over 500,000 copies.Over their heads the swirling black shape dived and spun, up and down. Ariel screamed as long, thin hands stretched out, reaching for her hair.Then up it rose again. The sisters waited, their eyes focused, their fingers poised, ready to use their magic.‘What’s she going to do?’ squeaked Ariel.‘I don’t know,’ gasped Flame. She could feel the incredible strength of Margaret’s dark power.When the ghost of Glenda Glass’s wicked ancestor Margaret is released, the atmosphere at Sprite Towers gets decidedly chilly, and the girls’ Hallowe’en party turns far more sinister than anybody had planned.With Grandma away, only the Sprite Sisters can rid Sprite Towers of the phantom and that means entering the portal in the tower and risking their lives to change the past . . .