2021-09-26
Wings and Co The matchbox mysteries Gardner, Sally,author. Roberts, David,1970-illustrator. List price £9.98 Our price £7.48 YOU SAVE £2.49 (25%) Special Offer Product Details Format: Downloadable audio file ISBN: 9781409156758 Published: 23rd Oct 2014 Publisher: Orion Children's Books Dimensions: 1 online resource (215 ) pages - Series: Wings and Co
Children's, Teenage & Educational / Children's Teenage Fiction & True Stories / Fantasy & Magical Realism / / Adventure Stories / Crime & Mystery Fiction
Description
Podgy Bottom is in trouble. All over town cars are being shrunk to the size of a matchbox in the blink of an eye; a giant purple bunny rabbit is running riot and a strange- looking broomstick is causing chaos and calamity... Sounds like a case for Wings & Co, the famous fairy detective agency! Can Emily, Budget and Fidget put a stop to this magical mischief before it's too late? Another fantastic story for younger readers from Sally Gardner, winner of the COSTA BOOK AWARD 2013, and acclaimed artist, David Roberts. If you loved David Walliams's GANGSTA GRANNY, you'll love these hilarious tales of mischief, mayhem, magic and mystery. Read by Simon Russell Beale (P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Author
Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK. Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The
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Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles. Her YA novel, The Double Shadow, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who could Fly, which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes. Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift. Her website is www.sallygardner.net and you can follow her on Twitter @TheSallyGardner
The matchbox mysteries Scotia Books Ltd, 17 Register Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Page 2 of 2 G65 0DS, Scotland, Tel 01236 826041