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King Matt the First
Janusz Korczak
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Description for King Matt the First
Paperback. Little Matt becomes King Matt when he is just a young boy. He can barely even read or write and he certainly doesn't know anything about governing a country. But ruling turns out to be a much trickier business than Matt ever realised. Can the happiness of a nation depend on one small boy? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 188 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
‘Children! I, Matt the First, appeal for your help in carrying out my reforms’
Little Matt becomes King Matt when he is just a young boy. He can barely even read or write and he certainly doesn’t know anything about governing a country. What should he do? What would you do?
Ignoring his grown-up ministers, he builds the finest zoo in the world and decrees that children should be given chocolate every day. But ruling turns out to be a much trickier business than Matt ever realised.
Can the happiness of a nation depend on one small ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784870539
SKU
V9781784870539
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99-98
About Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak was born in 1878 and died in 1942. He was a Polish physician and educator who wrote over twenty books - his fiction was in his time as well known as Peter Pan, and his non-fiction works bore passionate messages of child advocacy. During the Second World War, the Jewish orphanage he directed was relocated to the Warsaw ... Read more
Reviews for King Matt the First
Unforgettable to the last full stop. One of the great classics
Michael Morpurgo, Children's Laureate Janusz Korczak is an important writer... His message is still relevant today, that children matter; indeed that they should be a priority in our culture, because it's only with a child's imagination that grown-ups can begin to conceive a better world
Yann Martel, ... Read more
Michael Morpurgo, Children's Laureate Janusz Korczak is an important writer... His message is still relevant today, that children matter; indeed that they should be a priority in our culture, because it's only with a child's imagination that grown-ups can begin to conceive a better world
Yann Martel, ... Read more