The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels

Winner, Book of the Year Younger Readers, Children’s Book Council Awards 1992Winner, Crichton Award for Best New Illustrator 1992Five marvellous stories about some very resourceful children and their adventures in the wide world, by an author with a rare talent for fantasy and humour, illustrated with charm and loving detail. Perfect for reading aloud to young children, or for older children to read by themselves. Meet Lindalou, who makes a wondrous flying boat and sails to Kathmandu; timid Andy Umm, who talks to animals and tames a lion; curious Ferdinand, who cures the prime minister with the help of his magic spectacles; Ignatius Binz, whose magnificent nose picks up the faintest whiff of danger; Valentina Lookwell, who paints people as they really are, Wendelin B. Wordforce, who writes down their stories; and Aristan, the magic spider, as golden as a dab of butter, who befriends them all.