Mrs Pepperpot Minds the Baby (Mrs Pepperpot Picture Books)

by Alf Proysen (Author), Alf Proysen (Author), Hilda Offen (Illustrator)

New
Paperback
2006
$7.00

Mrs Pepperpot has a problem - a huge problem - she shrinks! And when she shrinks she finds herself in all sorts of trouble. When Mrs Pepperpot agrees to mind baby Roger from next door, she doesn't know that she's going to shrink. How can she look after him when she's only as tall as a pepperpot? Baby Roger thinks she's a doll, and jiggles and joggles her, and throws her high in the air. Will Mrs Pepperpot be able to keep the baby out of mischief until his mother comes to get him?

Synopsis

Mrs Pepperpot has a problem - a huge problem - she shrinks! And when she shrinks she finds herself in all sorts of trouble. When Mrs Pepperpot agrees to mind baby Roger from next door, she doesn't know that she's going to shrink. How can she look after him when she's only as tall as a pepperpot? Baby Roger thinks she's a doll, and jiggles and joggles her, and throws her high in the air. Will Mrs Pepperpot be able to keep the baby out of mischief until his mother comes to get him?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: New
Publisher: Red Fox Picture Books
Published: 06 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0099451565
ISBN 13: 9780099451563
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: A classic Mrs Pepperpot tale, specially abridged, in a beautifully illustrated picture book format.

Media Reviews

The stories have that sense of magic which all the best children's stories have.
- Independent on Sunday

Author Bio

Alf Proysen was born in Norway in 1914. The Mrs Pepperpot books first appeared in the 1950s and were an immediate success. They have been loved by children ever since and have been translated into many different languages. Hilda Offen is a well-known picture book illustrator, who won the Smarties Prize in 1992 for Nice Work, Little Wolf. Since then she has illustrated many picture books, including Fred and Ted's Treasure Hunt. She lives in Brighton.