The Great Piratical Rumbustification

Name: The Great Piratical Rumbustification
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781869713546
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By Margaret Mahy

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Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise... From the rumbustious author and artist team of Margaret Mahy,... Read More

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Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise...

From the rumbustious author and artist team of Margaret Mahy, winner of the Carnegie medal, and Quentin Blake, the first Children's Laureate, and best known for his partnership with Roald Dahl, this is a dazzling story which will delight pirate loving children everywhere.

The Great Piratical Rumbustification is a treasure not to be missed!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781869713546

Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 October 2016

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Hodder Moa

Contributors:

Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 80g

Pages: 80

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About the Author

Margaret Mahy's many books - picture books, short stories, and fiction for teenagers as well as younger children - have been hugely successful all round the world and she is indisputably one of the most popular and successful twentieth-century children's authors. She has won the CARNEGIE MEDAL and many other awards, and has been nominated for the HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD.

Quentin Blake was the first ever Children's Laureate and is recognised, according to The Guardian, as 'a national institution'. He is best known for his collaboration with Roald Dahl, but has also illustrated many other children's books, and has created much-loved characters of his own, including Mister Magnolia and Mrs Armitage.

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