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Description for Dot and Anton
Paperback. The funny, heart-warming story of two young comrades-in-arms, by the author of Emil and the Detectives Illustrator(s): Trier, Walter. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 202 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
'Gadzooks!' said Dot ... 'The things that boy can do!'
Dot loves play-acting, dressing up her pet dachshund Piefke and making up words like 'splentastic'. Her best friend is Anton, who lives in a little apartment and looks after his mother.
They share a secret - every night, when their parents think they are asleep, they sell matches and shoelaces on the streets of Berlin with Dot's grumpy governess. But why?
The answers involve a villain called 'Robert the Devil', a club-wielding maid, a wobbly tooth, a pair of silver shoes and a policeman dancing the tango, ... Read more
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Publisher
Pushkin Children´s Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782690573
SKU
V9781782690573
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Erich Kästner
Erich Kästner,writer, poet and journalist, was born in Dresden in 1899. His first children's book, Emil and the Detectives, was published in 1929 and has since sold millions of copies around the world and been translated into around 60 languages. After the Nazis took power in Germany, Kästner's books were burnt and he was excluded from the writers' guild. He ... Read more
Reviews for Dot and Anton
[Erich Kastner] has a way of being very funny while also making a serious point Irish Times Dot is a delightful creation... A child reader will adore the pug dogs and cream cakes and Christmas lights, all winningly illustrated by Walter Trier-the Quentin Blake to Kastner's Roald Dahl. An adult, though, will see behind the pigtails and street chases, to ... Read more