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The mystery of the missing lion a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers

Staying with Aunty Bee at a safari camp in the Botswana countryside where a film crew is making a movie about a lion, nine-year-old Precious Ramotswe and her resourceful new friend Khumo use their detective skills to find the movie star lion when he goes missing.

Main Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
Other Authors: McIntosh, Iain (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2014.
Subjects:
Ramotswe, Precious > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Lion > Juvenile fiction.
Jungles > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Botswana > Juvenile fiction.
Botswana > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: Staying with Aunty Bee at a safari camp in the Botswana countryside where a film crew is making a movie about a lion, nine-year-old Precious Ramotswe and her resourceful new friend Khumo use their detective skills to find the movie star lion when he goes missing.
Item Description: "Anchor Books Original."
"Originally published in Great Britain as Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh, in 2013"--Copyright page.
Physical Description: 90 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780804173278 (paperback)
0804173273 (paperback)
9781101872024 (hardcover)
1101872020 (hardcover)
1101872039
9781101872031
Author Notes: Alexander McCall Smith was born on August 24, 1948 in Zimbabwe. He was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but he left in 2005 to focus on his writing. He has written over 60 books, including specialist academic titles including Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, short story collections including Portuguese Irregular Verbs, and children's books including The Perfect Hamburger. He is best known for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He also writes the Corduroy Mansions, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street series.

He has received numerous awards, including The Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award and the 2004 United Kingdom's Author of the Year Award. His book, The Full Cupboard of Life, received the Saga Award for Wit in the United Kingdom. In 2007, he received a CBE for his services in literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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