Phredde And The Ghostly Underpants: A Story To Eat With A Mango
By (Author) Jackie French
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
28th September 2005
Australia
Paperback
146
Width 156mm, Height 198mm, Spine 8mm
144g
Another spell-binding and spooky story starring Phredde, a fractious but fun-loving phaery, Bruce, a mosquito-eating frog, and Pru, an everyday-normal school girl - except that she lives in a fairy castle, keeps pet piranhas, has a werewolf for a brother and a vampire for a teacher. AND EXCEPt that now she has just inherited her very own mansion and is the envy of ALL her friends. Is this too good to be true Is there something suspicous about Mr Nahsti, the solicitor Why do Phredde and Bruce, Prubest friends in the world, keep sneaking off to Phaeryland without her And most important: who keeps stealing Pru\'9291s underpants A hair-raising, spine-tingling GHOStLY tale of phaeries, underpants and adventure!
Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 20142015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors and writes across all genres from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. A book can change a child's life. A book can change the world' was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate. jackiefrench.com facebook.com/authorjackiefrench