"Lion At School" And Other Stories Lion At School / Runaway / Brainbox / The Executioner / Hello, Polly! / The Manatee / The Crooked Little Finger / The Great Sharp Scissors / Secrets

Author: Philippa Pearce

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  • : 10.95 NZD
  • : 9780141310022
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  • : 06 December 2001
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 8mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Barcode 9780141310022
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Description

A collection of classic stories.

Author description

Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read English and history at Girton College. She was a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers as well as writing some of the best-loved books of the 20th century. She won a Carnegie Medal for TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN and a Whitbread Prize for THE BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK.