Lion at School And Other Stories: Lion at School; Runaway; Brainbox; the Executioner; Hello, Polly!; the Manatee; the Crooked Little Finger; the Great Sharp Scissors; Secrets (Young Puffin Books) - Softcover

Pearce, Philippa

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9780140318555: Lion at School And Other Stories: Lion at School; Runaway; Brainbox; the Executioner; Hello, Polly!; the Manatee; the Crooked Little Finger; the Great Sharp Scissors; Secrets (Young Puffin Books)

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ISBN 10: 0140318550 ISBN 13: 9780140318555

Publisher: Puffin, 1986

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A growling lion spends a morning at school and frightens the school bully; a little boy saves a mouse's life; and the magic Great Sharp Scissors cause havoc. These are just some of the surprises in store in this collection of nine tales.

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About the Author:

Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read English and history at Girton College. She was a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers as well as writing some of the best-loved books of the 20th century. She won a Carnegie Medal for TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN and a Whitbread Prize for THE BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK.

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