The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels

by Anna Fienberg (Author), KimGamble (Illustrator)

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $8.10

• Used

  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.40

  Winner, Book of the Year Younger Readers, Children's Book Council Awards 1992 Winner, Crichton Award for Best New Illustrator 1992 Meet Lindalou, who makes a wondrous flying boat and sails to Kathmandu; timid Andy Umm, who talks to animals and tames a lion; curious Ferdinand, who cures the prime minister with the help of his magic spectacles; Ignatius Binz, whose magnificent nose picks up the faintest whiff of danger; Valentina Lookwell, who paints people as they really are; Wendelin B Wordforce, who writes down their stories; and Aristan, the magic spider, as golden as a dab of butter, who befriends them all.