The Secret of the Blue Glass - Softcover

Inui, Tomiko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782691847 ISBN 13: 9781782691846

Verlag: Pushkin Children's Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

"I love this book"Michael Morpurgo

A classic story about a magical miniaturefamily's adventures in wartime Japan

In a dustylibrary, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the LittlePeople: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a few inches high, sleeping incigarette boxes and crafting shoes from old book jackets, they need only onething from their Humans - a nightly glass of milk, served in a sparkling BlueGlass goblet, by a trusted young member of the Humanfamily.

But when the Second World War comes to Japan,bringing a dangerous new kind of patriotism, both Humans and their belovedLittle People face a world they could never before have imagined. It will takegreat love, bravery, and a rather loyal pigeon, to bring their unique familiesback together once more...

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Born in Tokyo in 1924, Tomiko Inui joined a publishing house in 1950, where she began working as an editor, as well as writing books for children. She published many books over her long career, winning prizes along the way including the Mainishi Publishing Culture Award and the Akaitori Award for Children's Literature. She was also runner-up in 1964 for the Hans Christian Andersen prize. The Secret of the Blue Glass is the first of her books to be translated into English. She died in 2002.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pushkin Children's Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1782691847
• ISBN 13: 9781782691846
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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