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The Great White Man-Eating Shark

A Cautionary Tale
By Margaret Mahy
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Norvin is a boy who looks like a shark. When he straps a homemade dorsal fin to his back, all the other swimmers rush to the beach. He loves having the water to himself - until a real man-eating shark comes along! The Great White Man-Eating... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Great White Man-Eating Shark

Norvin is a boy who looks like a shark. When he straps a homemade dorsal fin to his back, all the other swimmers rush to the beach. He loves having the water to himself - until a real man-eating shark comes along!

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Norvin is a boy who looks like a shark. When he straps a homemade dorsal fin to his back, all the other swimmers rush to the beach. He loves having the water to himself - until a real man-eating shark comes along!

The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy is a delightful tale of oceanic adventure and unexpected consequences. Discover what happens when Norvin's clever trick leads to an encounter with the real thing!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781869713614

Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2017

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jonathan Allen

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 3.0mm

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 140g

Pages: 24

Collections

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

About the Author

Margaret Mahy (Author)

Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) is one of New Zealand's most celebrated children's writers. She is the author of more than 150 titles, which have been translated into many different languages and sold around the world. Appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 1993, Mahy also won many global prizes for children's writers, including the Carnegie Medal and the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.

'It is in the nature of books, that they have the capacity to make you feel powerful about what you can alter and achieve in your life' - Margaret Mahy

Jonathan Allen (Illustrator)

Jonathan Allen is an author and illustrator who studied illustration at Pratt Institute and holds a Master's Degree in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has written and illustrated many books, as well as illustrating some of the works of favoured children's author Margaret Mahy.

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