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Eric and the Wishing Stone

Eric and the Wishing Stone

by Barbara Mitchelhill (Author), Barbara Mitchelhill (Author), Tony Ross (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 2019

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Synopsis

Eric is just no good at tests and schoolwork, and his mum thinks he isn't trying hard enough. His grumpy teacher Mr Hodgetts (AKA the Bodge) decides he needs extra help. Then a mysterious package arrives from Eric's Auntie Rose, containing a small round stone which promises to grant a wish. The wish Eric makes might just change everything . . .

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 64
 Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 04 Apr 2019
ISBN 10: 1783447974
ISBN 13: 9781783447978
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
 Book Overview: Eric is struggling with schoolwork and his mum isn't happy. She decides he needs extra help with his grumpy teacher Mr Hodgetts (AKA The Bodge). So when a mysterious present arrives from Auntie Rose, Eric hopes it can grant his biggest wish of all . . .

Author Bio
Barbara Mitchelhill (Author) Barbara Mitchelhill was born in Rochdale and trained as a teacher. While she was teaching, she began writing for BBC children's TV and went on to write for educational publishers, before writing novels for children. She makes school visits all over the country, and enjoys appearing at literary festivals and talking to teachers and librarians, some as far away as the Caribbean. Her hobbies include reading, theatre, music, gardening and walking her border terrier, Ella. She lives in Staffordshire and has two grown-up daughters and four grandchildren. Tony Ross (Illustrator) Tony Ross has been illustrating books for over 40 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5s Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams' best-selling children's books. Tony's books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpole's Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. He has been named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UK's libraries' most-borrwed illustrator. He lives in Rutland.