The Magic Carpet Slippers by Dick King-Smith Paperback Book

Description: The Magic Carpet Slippers by Dick King-Smith, Ann Kronheimer The great thing about being 75 years old is that you can wear your slippers everywhere - Percy Sloggett wears his in the garden and to the shops as well as in the house. In time his battered old slippers need to be replaced and he gets something of a surprise. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Percy Sloggett is astonished when his new carpet slippers make him feel strong and clever, and years younger. He can only tell Lollie, his friends granddaughter, about them because children understand magic better than everybody else. Notes A humorous story about a pair of slippers that make their wearer feel young, strong, and clever! B/w illus. Readership level: 7+. Author Biography 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. Later he taught at a village primary school. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978. He wrote a great number of childrens books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), Harrys Mad, Noahs Brother, The Hodgeheg, Martins Mice, Ace, The Cuckoo Child and Harriets Hare (winner of the Childrens Book Award in 1995). At the British Book Awards in 1991 he was voted Childrens Author of the Year. In 2009 he was made OBE for services to childrens literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. Details ISBN0141304774 Pages 96 Year 2001 Illustrator Ann Kronheimer ISBN-10 0141304774 ISBN-13 9780141304779 Format Paperback Publication Date 2001-01-25 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Illustrations b&w line illustrations Media Book Short Title MAGIC CARPET SLIPPERS Residence Gloucester, ENK Imprint Puffin Series Young Puffin Story Bks. UK Release Date 2001-01-25 Publisher Penguin Random House Childrens UK AU Release Date 2001-01-25 NZ Release Date 2001-01-25 Audience Age 7-9 Author Ann Kronheimer Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1088732;

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