The Countess's Calamity
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| Author | Sally Gardner |
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| Illustrator | Sally Gardner |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Publication date | 7 April 2003 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 96 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-7475-5940-5 |
| OCLC | 59364102 |
The Countess's Calamity is a 2003 children's book written and illustrated by Sally Gardner.[1] It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award.[2] It is the first of the Tales from the Box series about sentient toys.
Plot summary
[edit]After a box of toys is abandoned at a park, the intervention of some friendly mice helps the toys go on with their lives. One of the dolls, the Countess, has trouble adapting.
References
[edit]- ↑ The Countess's Calamity at WorldCat
- ↑ Nestlé Children's Book Prize Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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