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  • Published: 2 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9780552549059
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99

The Wee Free Men

(Discworld Novel 30)




The first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.

A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .

Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle – aka the Wee Free Men – a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.

Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . .

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE TIFFANY ACHING SEQUENCE

  • Published: 2 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9780552549059
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99

About the authors

Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

terrypratchett.co.uk

Laura Ellen Andersen

When she’s not trying to take over the world or fighting sock-stealing monsters, Laura Ellen Anderson is a professional children’s book author and illustrator who lives in north London. The creator of Evil Emperor Penguin for the Phoenix comic, she is also the illustrator of Sibéal Pounder’s Witch Wars series and CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell’s picture books and Harper fiction series. Laura’s first author/illustrator picture book, I Don’t Want Curly Hair, was published by Bloomsbury in 2017. She has also created new cover illustrations for Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.

www.lauraellenanderson.co.uk
@Lillustrator

Praise for The Wee Free Men

Plenty to laugh at here, not least Pratchett's ability to put a 90 degree spin on the familiar

The Times

A clear example of a comic fantasy classic and, well . . . Crivens! It deserves t'sell a millyun copies

Sunday Express

A funny and thought-provoking fantasy, with powerfully visual scenes and characters that remain with readers. A glorious read

School Library Journal

Quite, quite brilliant

Starburst

Plenty to laugh at here, not least Pratchett's ability to put a 90 degree spin on the familiar

The Times

A clear example of a comic fantasy classic and, well . . . Crivens! It deserves t'sell a millyun copies

Sunday Express

A funny and thought-provoking fantasy, with powerfully visual scenes and characters that remain with readers. A glorious read

School Library Journal

Quite, quite brilliant

Starburst