Mozart's Banana
By (Author) Gillian Cross
Illustrated by Richard Morgan
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
25th June 2014
1st July 2014
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
64
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 5mm
100g
A charming village story about a little girl, a dare gone wrong and one crazy animal! When Alice Brett moves from the city to a little village school, she's never seen a real live horse before. And famous village resident Mozart's Banana is not just any old horse - he's crazy! The children are banned from riding him, but when Sammy Foster dares Alice to get on Mozart's Banana's back, she takes it very seriously ... just what does she have up her sleeve
Gillian Cross was born in London. She studied English at Somerville College, Oxford and the University of Sussex. She had several jobs before becoming a full-time writer including, a baker's assistant, childminder and teacher. Gillian has won many awards for her books including the prestigious Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award and Smarties Prize.