The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.
Main Author: | Morpurgo, Michael. |
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Other Authors: | Chichester Clark, Emma (Illustrator) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Somerville, Mass. :
Candlewick Press,
2011.
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Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
Series: |
Pied Piper of Hamelin.
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Subjects: |
Summary: |
The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well. |
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Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780763648244 (reinforced trade ed.) 0763648248 (reinforced trade ed.) |
Author Notes: |
He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) |