The Amazing Mrs Pepperpot
By (Author) Alf Proysen
Edited by Sue Buswell
Illustrated by Hilda Offen
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Red Fox Picture Books
1st April 2011
3rd February 2011
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Short stories
839.82374
Paperback
56
Width 240mm, Height 240mm, Spine 6mm
286g
Two classic Mrs Pepperpot tales, specially abridged, in a beautifully illustrated picture book format. Mrs Pepperpot has a problem - a huge problem - she shrinks! And when she shrinks she finds herself in all sorts of trouble... Poor Mrs Pepperpot has shrunk again and she's set her heart on going to the bazaar. But with a clever disguise and a cunning plan, she's soon dancing rings around the ladies at the fair! Puss can't wait for Mrs Pepperpot to shrink so she can whisk her away on an adventure. It's a hair-raising journey, but brave Mrs P is soon rewarded with some very special treasure indeed.
The stories have that sense of magic which all the best children's stories have * Independent on Sunday *
Alf Proysen's highly imaginative story from 1960 is still great fun and Hilda Offen's new illustrations are sure to be loved by children everywhere -- Andy Howells * South Wales Argus *
Alf Proysen (Author) Alf Proysen was born in Norway in 1914. The Mrs Pepperpot books first appeared in the 1950s and were an immediate success. They have been loved by children ever since and have been translated into many different languages. Hilda Offen (Illustrator) Hilda Offen is a well-known picture book illustrator, who won the Smarties Prize in 1992 for Nice Work, Little Wolf. Since then she has illustrated many picture books, including Fred and Ted's Treasure Hunt. She lives in Brighton.