The Water Horse - Hardcover

King-Smith, Dick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517800268 ISBN 13: 9780517800263

Verlag: Crown Publications, 1998

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Eight-year-old Kirstie is astounded to see a baby sea monster hatch from the strange egg she finds on the Scottish coastline near her home in a humorous fantasy by the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig.

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ear-old Kirstie and her family go beach coming near their home in Scotland, she finds something that looks like a giant fish egg, and is just too interesting to leave on the beach. So she brings it home and sneaks it into the bathtub overnight. The next morning, she is surprised to find that the egg has hatched, but the newborn is unlike anything anyone has seen before. With a long neck, head like a horse, skin like a toad's, flippers like a turtle, and a tail like a crocodile, her brother Angus declares it a monster. Grandfather knows better and tells them it's a kelpie, or what he calls a water horse. The family keeps the baby and names it Crusoe. But as Crusoe grows, he becomes a bigger and bigger problem--literally. They are forced to find him a new home, away from people and boats.  They settle on a beautiful Loch, now known as Loch Ness. From the author of beloved Babe comes the soon-to-be-classic story of how--thanks to the love and kindness of the human family that raises him--the Lo

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• Verlag: Crown Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0517800268
• ISBN 13: 9780517800263
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 118
• Zeichner: Parkins David