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The Monster in the Lake
Series: The Dragon In The Library
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The funny, exciting, action-packed sequel to The Dragon in the Library.
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Kit is a wizard.
The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn't be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends - along with their local librarian - set off to investigate, and to save the world... again.
Brilliantly illustrated throughout by Davide Ortu, The Monster is the Lake is the funny, exciting, action-packed sequel to The Dragon in the Library.
The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn't be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends - along with their local librarian - set off to investigate, and to save the world... again.
Brilliantly illustrated throughout by Davide Ortu, The Monster is the Lake is the funny, exciting, action-packed sequel to The Dragon in the Library.
Series: The Dragon In The Library
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The Dragon In The Library
Kit can't stand reading. She'd much rather be outside, playing games and getting muddy, than stuck inside being quiet with a book. But when she's dragged along to the local library at the start of the school holiday by her two best friends, she makes an incredible discovery: the local library is run by wizards... and she's one too! The...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Monster in the Lake
Kit is a wizard.The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn't be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends - along with their local librarian - set...PaperbackSold Out -
The Wizard in the Wood
Kit, Josh and Alita are heading back to school - and they're excited to discover that they're getting a brand new library, which also means getting their own wizard librarian... and a dragon! But when something VERY BAD happens at the new library, it's up to Kit and her friends to save the world one more time.The third instalment in...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781788000451
Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 January 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Davide Ortu
- Illustrated by Davide Ortu
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Louie Stowell started her career writing carefully-researched books about space, Ancient Egypt, politics and science but eventually lapsed into just making stuff up. She likes writing about dragons, wizards, vampires, fairies, monsters and parallel worlds.
She lives in London with her wife Karen, her dog Buffy and a creepy puppet that is probably cursed.
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