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Unlikely Progeny
Linda Quilt
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Description for Unlikely Progeny
Hardcover. Includes imaginative fables that recount the adventures of six bizarrely gifted child prodigies who wreak havoc on their baffled families. Illustrator(s): Sowa, Michael. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 132 pages, 10 colour plates. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
In the tradition of Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton, Linda Quilt's imaginative fables recount the adventures of six bizarrely gifted child prodigies who wreak havoc on their baffled families. Sweet Melinda, for example, has a toad that hops out of her mouth each time she tells a lie; consequently, she's fiercely committed to telling the truth even in the face of fat aunts who eat too much cream cake or pimpled boys who declare their love to her. In another tale, shy Howab realizes that he can make people disappear simply by saying his own name out ... Read more
In the tradition of Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton, Linda Quilt's imaginative fables recount the adventures of six bizarrely gifted child prodigies who wreak havoc on their baffled families. Sweet Melinda, for example, has a toad that hops out of her mouth each time she tells a lie; consequently, she's fiercely committed to telling the truth even in the face of fat aunts who eat too much cream cake or pimpled boys who declare their love to her. In another tale, shy Howab realizes that he can make people disappear simply by saying his own name out ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
Series
Seagull World Literature
Number of Pages
141
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906497668
SKU
V9781906497668
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About Linda Quilt
It is rumored that Linda Quilt was born in a small village near Stratford-upon-Avon, which has since vanished mysteriously from the maps of Great Britain. German poet and editor Hans Magnus Enzensberger was so impressed when he received Quilt's unpublished manuscript in the mail that he found a famous illustrator for her book and shepherded it to publication. Michael Sowa ... Read more
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