Jennifer Murdley's Toad: A Magic Shop Book - Couverture rigide

Coville, Bruce

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0152007458 ISBN 13 : 9780152007454

Editeur : HMH Books for Young Readers, 1992

Synopsis

Jennifer Murdley, a homely fifth-grader who would give anything to be beautiful, accidentally stumbles into a magic shop and purchases a very ugly toad. The toad, it turns out, can talk and ends up getting Jennifer into the worst trouble of her life. This madcap, head-spinning adventure is also a thought-provoking story about the nature of true beauty.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse in 1950. He first became interested in writing when he was in the sixth grade, and started writing seriously at the age of 17. He married in 1969, aged 19, and started collaborating on books with his wife, Katherine Dietz, an artist. They have three children. He had many other jobs along the way, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman and assembly line worker, finally sticking with teaching until his first book was published in 1977. Bruce has published over sixty books since then and now has more than 12 million copies in print.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Jennifer Murdley, a homely fifth-grader who would give anything to be beautiful, accidentally stumbles into a magic shop and purchases a very ugly toad. The toad, it turns out, can talk and ends up getting Jennifer into the worst trouble of her life. This madcap, head-spinning adventure is also a thought-provoking story about the nature of true beauty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0152007458
• ISBN 13: 9780152007454
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Lippincott Gary A.
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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