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Let Sleeping Sea-Monsters Lie: and Other Cautionary Tales

Let Sleeping Sea-Monsters Lie: and Other Cautionary Tales

by EvaIbbotson (Author)

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Synopsis

Are you BRAVE enough to find out what happens when a spoilt girl is spiteful to a giant hungry worm? Can you BEAR to watch a (very silly) boy poke an angry sleeping sea-monster? Do you DARE to discover why should you never, ever steal milk from a Frid?* Beware: Naughty children always get their just deserts ...*A dog-munching rock. Doesn't everyone know that?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 10 May 2012
ISBN 10: 1447205871
ISBN 13: 9781447205876
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
 Book Overview: A celebration of and introduction to the funny, enchanting and utterly brilliant writing of Eva Ibbotson - perfect for young readers. First published in 1983 as THE WORM AND THE TOFFEE-NOSED PRINCESS, this wonderful reissue features a stand-out jacket design from Jimmy Pickering and irresistible new inside illustrations. JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA has sold over 450,000 copies. It won the Nestle Smarties Gold Award, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and was runner-up for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Fiction Award. THE STAR OF KAZAN was shortlisted for both the Nestle Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. WHICH WITCH? and THE SECRET OF PLATFORM 13 were both shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. THE OGRE OF OGLEFORT was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

Author Bio
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Her books have also won and been shortlisted for many prizes. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.