Name: I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers; The Scarecrow and His Servant: Two Tales
SKU: 64620991
Price: 63.98 NZD
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Author: Philip Pullman
ISBN: 9780593804377

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I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers; The Scarecrow and His Servant: Two Tales

Type

Physical Book

Author

Philip Pullman

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Year

2025

Language

English

Pages

374

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.08x16.51x2.54 cm

ISBN13

9780593804377

I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers; The Scarecrow and His Servant: Two Tales

Philip Pullman (Author) · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Hardcover

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Synopsis "I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers; The Scarecrow and His Servant: Two Tales"

A must-have for every child's library: two enchanting tales by the bestselling author of The Golden Compass, in a special hardcover omnibus edition with newly colorized illustrations

“I was a rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true, but what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground attraction? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. Or is Roger just an ordinary small boy? Only three people believe this version of the story, and it may take a royal intervention—and a bit of magic—to convince everyone else. A playful parody of the press, I Was a Rat! is a magical weaving of humor, fairy tale, and adventure.

When a bolt of lightning brings Scarecrow to life, he proves to be a courteous but pea-brained fellow with grand ideas. He meets a boy, Jack, who becomes his faithful servant, and the two embark upon a terrifying series of adventures—including battles, brigands, broken hearts, and treasure islands. But little does the Scarecrow know that he is being followed by a family who desperately wishes he’d never sprung to life.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, and European-style half-round spines.

Philip Pullman

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Norwich, Inglaterra. 19 de octubre de 1946. Estudió en el Exeter College de Oxford. Tras una novela de ciencia ficción publicada en 1978 decidió especializarse por fin en la novela infantil y juvenil mientras trabajaba para el Westminster College de Oxford.
Su primer gran éxito le llegó en 1995 con la publicación de La brújula dorada, primera parte de una serie de gran éxito en todo el mundo y que fue llevada al cine. A lo largo de su carrera, Pullman ha recibido numerosos premios, como la Carnegie Medal, el Premio Guardian de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil o el Memorial Astrid Lindgren.

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