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Informationen zum Autor Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe ), Harry's Mad , The Hodgeheg , Martin's Mice , The Invisible Dog, The Queen's Nose and The Crowstarver . At the British Book Awards in 1991 he was voted Children's Author of the Year. In 2009 he was made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. Klappentext A new edition of King-Smith's original endearing story, now brought to life on the big screen, released in February 2008 to UK cinemas. Ages: 7-9yrs. Zusammenfassung The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on a Scottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and her brother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse's head, warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail - but the trouble is, it just doesn't stop growing.

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• Autori: D. Parkins King Smith, Dick King-Smith, King-Smith Dick, David Parkins
• Con la collaborazione di: David Parkins (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Puffin UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 9 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.01.2008
• EAN: 9780141302232
• ISBN: 978-0-14-130223-2
• Pagine: 96
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 6 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per bambini fino a 11 anni; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Interest age: from c 7 years