| Description |
206 pages 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., ; 18 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Premier's Reading Challenge, 5-6 |
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Premier's Reading Challenge, 7-9 |
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Premier's Reading Challenge, 5-6
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Premier's Reading Challenge, 7-9
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| Summary |
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice |
| Analysis |
Children's stories in English 1900-1945 Texts |
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Children's stories in English, 1900-1945 - Texts |
| Notes |
Also published: New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983 |
| Performer |
Illustrations by Quentin Blake |
| Audience |
For children |
| Notes |
BILBY Awards: Read Alone, 1993 winner |
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West Australian Young Readers' Book Award : Younger Readers, 1986 winner |
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Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Novel, 1983 winner |
| Subject |
Children's stories, English.
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Grandmothers -- Fiction.
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Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Humorous stories, English.
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Mice -- Juvenile fiction.
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Paranormal fiction.
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Witches -- Fiction.
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Witches -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grandmothers -- Fiction.
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Witches -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Blake, Quentin.
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| LC no. |
84210051 |
| ISBN |
0140317309 (Puffin : pbk.) |
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0224021656 |
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0224064703 (paperback) |
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0374384576 (FSG) |
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