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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Humphrey Carpenter , Frank RodgersPublisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK Imprint: Puffin Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.064kg ISBN: 9780140323603ISBN 10: 0140323600 Pages: 80 Publication Date: 27 October 1988 Recommended Age: 2-12 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsDelightful Daily Telegraph Author InformationHumphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young people's drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian. Humphrey died in January 2005. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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