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Philippa Pearce is the daughter of a miller and grew up in a mill near Cambridge. The house, the river and the village feature in many of her best-loved children's books. She was educated at the Perse Girls' School in Cambridge and then at Girton College, Cambridge, where she read English and History. In addition to writing a great many books, she has also worked as a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor, a book reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and as a freelance writer for radio and newspapers. Her now classic books for Puffin include Carnegie Medal winner Tom's Midnight Garden, What the Neighbours Did and A Dog So Small. The Battle of Bubble and Squeak won the Whitbread Award.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0146003128
- ISBN 13 9780146003127
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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At the River-Gates (Penguin Children's 60s) - 1996
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Penguin Books Ltd, London England
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0146003128
ISBN 13: 9780146003127
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Book Description Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: New. No Jacket. Stephen Lambert (illustrator). 1st Edition. ### At the River-Gates (Penguin Children's 60s) - 1996 ## ~#~ THIS BOOK: Classified as NEW. This book is one of 33 (we have 28 Titles) Fantastic childrens stories by famous authors. Brand New Books, easy reading print, all books are soft covers, full gloss. A few authors: Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Hans Anderson, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Paul Jennings, Lewis Carroll plus more. ## ~#~ I could still see something by the sluice-gates: a shadow that had separated itself from my father . . . A miller is rescued from the jaws of a violent storm by a mysterious and unknown force; Kevin encounters the evil secreted in a green glass bottle and Rosamund comes face to face with a long-buried fear. These stories have been taken from: The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales by Philippa Pearce, the best-selling author of Tom's Midnight Garden ~#~ #### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch for a shipping quotation. ####. No Author signature. Seller Inventory # PC60-003-child60
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