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The Countess's Calamity
AuthorSally Gardner
IllustratorSally Gardner
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's
PublisherBloomsbury
Publication date7 April 2003
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages96 pp
ISBN978-0-7475-5940-5
OCLC59364102

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.

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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.

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