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The Moon And Farmer McPhee

By Margaret Mahy and David Elliot
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The cows and sheep think Farmer McPhee should stop frowning and start frisking. But Farmer McPhee just wants to get some sleep! Then one moonlit night, something changes...A collaboration between our best loved writer for children, Margaret Mahy, and the wonderfully quirky illustrator, David Elliot, this... Read More
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The cows and sheep think Farmer McPhee should stop frowning and start frisking. But Farmer McPhee just wants to get some sleep! Then one moonlit night, something changes...A collaboration between our best loved writer for children, Margaret Mahy, and the wonderfully quirky illustrator, David Elliot, this is a stunning and heart-warming book. Beautifully produced with cut-out sections and fold-out pages, it is a very special gift.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781869794088

Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 April 2015

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Random House New Zealand Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 213.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 24

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational David Elliot Margaret Mahy New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Penguin Books

About the Author

Margaret Mahy is internationally recognised as one of the all-time best writers for young readers, her books having been translated into all the major languages of the world. Twice winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal, she also won the Esther Glen Award five times and the Observer Teenage Fiction Award once. She died in 2012. David Elliot is an award-winning children's illustrator and author. He has written and illustrated seven picture books, including the 'Sydney penguin' books and Pigtails the Pirate (winner of the 2003 NZ Post Children's Picture Book Award). He has illustrated for many other New Zealand children's authors, including Jack Lasenby, Joy Cowley and Janet Frame. In 2011, David received the inaugural Arts Foundation Mallinson Rendel Award. In 2014 David was awarded the Margaret Mahy Award for lifetime contribution to Children's literature in New Zealand. David lives in Port Chalmers, near Dunedin, with his wife Gillian, and Molly the dog. He has two adult daughters, Mhairi and Jess.

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