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For some time after Alice Singer learned to talk properly there was still one word that never seemed to come out right - the word was animal which always came out as aminal. Her brother Oliver always teases her and when her class study farm animals,Alice finds other words to use - such as creature and livestock. But when Alice's surprise birthday present turns out to be a guinea pig, she names him Aminal to make her funny word a real one - and to annoy her big brother.
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"One of the warmest, most agreeable family stories for ages. - Daily Telegraph. Perfect family story for confident young readers - Books for Keeps. This beautifully crafted story, with its spare, expressive line drawings, is funny and touching by turns and will appeal to children and adults alike. - School Librarian. '(Tim Kennemore) is one of the very best.' Andrew Franklin, The Bookseller"
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A new re-illustrated edition of a hilarious junior fiction title by the master of comic family stories, Tim Kennemore, author of Circle of Doom.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 014038314X
- ISBN 13 9780140383140
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages80
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Alex De Wolf (illustrator). 70 pages. Cover creased.Alice fetched the three-legged pig an d plopped it down in the middle of the food, where it snorted and grunted and gobbled, collapsed on its back and wiggled its legs at Alice as if it hadn't even noticed that she'd gi ven the food to the turkey first. Alice sighed. What a forgiving pig. A genero us pig! 'I wish I could take you home with me, ' she said sadl y, and for a moment she could have sworn she saw the pig wink. Alic e's s older brother is good at everything, and he teases her merc ilessly about her difficulty in pronouncing words. Her baby siste r is a toddling tornado who gets into everything. In-the-middle A lice wants to learn to speak properly so Oliver will stop teasing her. She also wishes for a real pig for her eighth birthday, som ething of her very own. When her birthday finally ar rives, Alice receives more than she could have wished for. Seller Inventory # 356b
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