The White Elephant - Couverture souple

Fleischman, Sid

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846470560 ISBN 13 : 9781846470561

Editeur : Catnip Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

How can a beautiful white elephant be a terrible curse?

Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, discovers the answer when he incurs the fury of the prince. The boy's punishment? The gift of an elephant, white as a cloud. From that moment forward, the curse reveals itself. According to tradition, so rare an elephant cannot be allowed to work for its keep. It is poor Run-Run who must feed the beast the hundreds of pounds of food it eats each day, and scrub it clean, and brush its pom-pom of a tail, and wash behind its ears, and, above all, keep it from doing any work.

Oh, if only Run-Run could make the magnificent white elephant disappear! Clever as a magician, he does—but the curse has tricks of its own for Run-Run.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Since his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life, was published in 1996, Sid Fleischman has been stealing the spotlight with his exuberant brand of nonfiction. Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World is Fleischman's fourth true tale, following the widely acclaimed The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West and the best-selling Escape! The Story of The Great Houdini.

Fleischman's books have been made into films, performed as plays, and translated into nineteen languages. The author was awarded the Newbery Medal for The Whipping Boy. His most recent novel is The Dream Stealer.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Catnip Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1846470560
• ISBN 13: 9781846470561
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96