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Summary
Thelma usually outsmarts Frances until Frances decides to teach her a lesson about friendship. Full description
Summary: |
Thelma usually outsmarts Frances until Frances decides to teach her a lesson about friendship. |
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Physical Description: |
62 p. col. illus. 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
0060223294 9780064440011 |
Author Notes: |
He began publishing children's books in the late 1950s, including What Does It Do and How Does It Work?, Bedtime for Frances and the six other books featuring Frances, The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer, What Happened When Jack and Daisy Tried to Fool the Tooth Fairies, and The Mouse and His Child, which was adapted as an animated film in 1977. In 1973, he published his first adult novel, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. His other books for adults include Turtle Diary, Pilgermann, and Ridley Walker. He received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award for Ridley Walker. He died on December 13 at the age of 86. In 2015 he made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist for his title Jim's Lion wth illlustrator Alexis Deacon. (Bowker Author Biography) |