The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean (Blackie Snappers S.) - Hardcover

McCall Smith, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 021694032X ISBN 13: 9780216940321

Publisher: Puffin, 1993

Synopsis

Harriet's invited to accompany her aunts Thessalonica and Japonica to America. She's terribly excited, knowing very well that with two expert detectives for aunts, this is going to be no ordinary trip. She soon discovers, to her enormous surprise, that they're actually on their way to see her sixth aunt, Formica! And as if this weren't surprising enough, she finds out that Aunt Formica is a cowgirl, and the reason for their visit is to help her catch some rustlers that have been stealing cattle from her ranch. Harriet and her three aunts must move like greased lightening if they're to get on the trail of the slippery cattle thieves. It's time to saddle-up and yee-ha!

About this title

About the Author:

Alexander McCall Smith is professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the author of over fifty books. These range from adult fiction to specialist titles, such as Forensic Aspects of Sleep, to a wide selection of children's books. In 1999 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was published. This book quickly became a bestseller and was voted one of the 'International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement. In America the success of the series was instant with sales exceeding two million in the USA alone. Winner of three Author of the Year awards in 2004 (British Book Awards, Booksellers' Association and Waterstone's), Bloomsbury Publishing are very proud and excited to be re-publishing Alexander's key children's books.

Synopsis:

Harriet is surprised to discover she has yet another aunt - Aunt Formica! Aunt Thessalonika and Aunt Japonica, her two detective aunts, whisk Harriet off to America to help her Aunt Formica solve a rustlers problem on her ranch. It takes all their combined detective skills to thwart the rustlers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 021694032X
• ISBN 13: 9780216940321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Baylis Jean