Penguin Readers Level 2: Sundiata the Lion King and Other Royal Tales (ELT Graded Reader)
  • Published: 15 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780440869795
  • Imprint: Yearling
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $16.99

Penguin Readers Level 2: Sundiata the Lion King and Other Royal Tales (ELT Graded Reader)

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1 Oct 2010
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15 Sep 2011
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Seven funny episodic tales about Danielle and her nervous whippet, Chuck

Chuck is a whippet. A very nervous whippet, who's scared of absolutely everything: paper bags, pigeons, supermarket trolleys, cats (even the little fluffy ones). Some people say Chuck's a wimpet, not a whippet, and Mum keeps pretending she's going to give Chuck away, but Danielle loves her scaredy-cat whippet and knows that there's more to Chuck than meets the eye...

Seven funny, charming and totally whippet-friendly stories from Peter Dickinson, the winner of several major awards for his books for young readers - and the owner of three whippets!
  • Published: 15 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780440869795
  • Imprint: Yearling
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $16.99
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About the author

Peter Dickinson

Peter Dickinson was born in Africa, but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then has earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for adults and children.

Amongst many other awards, Peter Dickinson has been nine times short-listed for the prestigious Carnegie medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice. His books for children have also been published in many languages throughout the world. His latest collection of short stories, Earth and Air, was published by Small Beer Press.

Peter Dickinson was the first author to win the Crime-Writers Golden Dagger for two books running: Skin Deep (1968), and A Pride of Heroes (1969). He has written twenty-one crime and mystery novels, which have been published in several languages.

He has been chairman of the Society of Authors and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 2009.

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Praise for Penguin Readers Level 2: Sundiata the Lion King and Other Royal Tales (ELT Graded Reader)

Between the jokes and the sentiment, we are left with an encouraging tale of overcoming fears and maintaining values

Independent on Sunday

Subtly layered . . . This distinctive collection of stories, touching and funny, will be a joy to read

The School Librarian

Laugh-out-loud funny

Booklist

Hats off to a winning canine antihero

Kirkus

Cheery contemporary stories . . . The characters of child and dog are delightfully drawn

Daily Telegraph

Switching between Chuck and Danielle's viewpoints and with knowing asides to his child readers, Dickinson produces great comedy . . . An approachable book that will also read aloud well and provide a lot of amusement (and some food for thought)

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