The Battle of Bubble and Squeak - Hardcover

Pearce, Philippa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233969861 ISBN 13: 9780233969862

Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books, 1979

Synopsis

The Parker children's home becomes a battlefield because they want a pet while their mother declares that she will have no gerbils in her house

About this title

About the Author:

Philippa Pearce is the daughter of a miller and grew up in a mill near Cambridge. The house, the river and the village feature in many of her best-loved children's books. She was educated at the Perse Girls' School in Cambridge and then at Girton College, Cambridge, where she read English and History. In addition to writing a great many books, she has also worked as a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor, a book reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and as a freelance writer for radio and newspapers. Her now classic books for Puffin include Carnegie Medal winner Tom's Midnight Garden, What the Neighbours Did and A Dog So Small. The Battle of Bubble and Squeak won the Whitbread Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0233969861
• ISBN 13: 9780233969862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88