Are you brave enough to find out what happens when a spoilt girl is spiteful to a giant hungry worm? Can you bear to watch a (very silly) boy poke an angry sleeping sea-monster? Do you dare to discover why should you never, ever steal milk from a Frid?* Beware: Naughty children always get their just deserts . . .Eva Ibbotson's Let Sleeping Sea-Monsters Lie contains five delightfully funny cautionary tales, with a foreword by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo. *A dog-munching rock. Doesn't everyone know that?
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A funny, fantastical collection of cautionary tales from the mind-bogglingly brilliant and bestselling Eva Ibbotson.
A celebration of and introduction to the funny, enchanting and utterly brilliant writing of Eva Ibbotson - perfect for young readers. First published in 1983 as THE WORM AND THE TOFFEE-NOSED PRINCESS, this wonderful reissue features a stand-out jacket design from Jimmy Pickering and irresistible new inside illustrations. JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA has sold over 450,000 copies. It won the Nestle Smarties Gold Award, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and was runner-up for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Fiction Award. THE STAR OF KAZAN was shortlisted for both the Nestle Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. WHICH WITCH? and THE SECRET OF PLATFORM 13 were both shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. THE OGRE OF OGLEFORT was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781447205876
Publisert
2012-05-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Macmillan Children's Books
Vekt
108 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
9 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144
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