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The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
$17.00 NZD
$19.99 (14% off)
Category: Fiction - middle
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal (announced July 8), this tale for ages nine and over is about an orphan, horrid relatives, a strange inheritance and the dancing Lipizzaner stallions that perform before the emperor. A heartwarming, old-fashioned adventure, every bit as absorbing as Ibbotson's prize-wi ...Show more
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
$29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA | Reading Level: From 11 To 99
In a tiny alpine church, on a June day in 1908, an abandoned baby girl is found by a middle-aged cook from Vienna. So begins the unusual childhood of Annika, brought up in the house of three eccentric professors by their two domestic servants. By the age of seven she can bake and ice a three-tiered cake ...Show more
Worm and the Toffee-nosed Princess, The by Eva Ibbotson
$13.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
A collection of five monster tales. There is the worm of the title, who teaches a very snooty princess a lesson - and eats her. Kraken is a monster whale, who decides to stop moving one day, and turns into an island. And woe betide the sheep who crosses the grumpy Frid!