Pookie, the little white rabbit with wings, first published in 1945 is a classic, endearing character and HarperCollins is delighted to be bringing him to their list.
The goblins leave Bluebell Wood offended, leaving nowhere for the woodland folk to buy their provisions. Pookie decides to open his own shop! He enlists Belinda’s help in baking lots of cakes to sell. The next morning Pookie’s shop is a great success but he is sold out and realises it will be very hard work keeping it in stock. So he sets out to persuade the goblins to come back.
AGE 4-7 as well as adults who remember Pookie from their own childhoods.
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The goblins leave Bluebell Wood offended, leaving nowhere for the woodland folk to buy their provisions. Pookie decides to open his own shop!
He enlists Belinda’s help in baking lots of cakes to sell. The next morning Pookie’s shop is a great success but he is sold out and realises it will be very hard work keeping it in stock. So he sets out to persuade the goblins to come back...
Pookie sprang from the imagination of Ivy Wallace while she working on a switchboard during the war. In 1945 she took Pookie’s first adventure to Wm Collins and not only was Pookie put into print by Ivy Wallace and William Collins her publisher were married in 1950.
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small abrasion to upper margin of front cover.; vi, 162 pages. Printed card covers. Page dimensions: 293 x 206mm. Details of 29 reserves on Stewart Island, alphabetical from Ackers Point to Whero Island. Includes details of forest types and flora species present, e.g. "Dominated by rata immediately behind the coastal short forest and scrub but gives way to do-dominance with kamahi and podocarps in the interior and in sheltered derpressions" - page 91. Contents includes small maps of each reserve, and a list of Stewart Island indigenous vascular flora, a two page list of "References". Seller Inventory # 19707