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The Snow Goose
Paul Gallico
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Description for The Snow Goose
Hardcover. Philip Rhayader lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse on the desolate Great Marsh of Essex. One afternoon, a hauntingly beautiful child, Fritha, visits Rhayader, bringing with her an injured snow goose. At first, Fritha is scared of Rhayader, with his sinister hump and crooked hand, but he is gentle and kind and Fritha begins to visit regularly. Illustrator(s): Barrett, Angela. Num Pages: 48 pages, Full colour. BIC Classification: 5AF; YBC. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 263 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 396.
Philip Rhayader lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse on the desolate Great Marsh of Essex. One afternoon, a hauntingly beautiful child, Fritha, visits Rhayader, bringing with her an injured snow goose. At first Fritha is scared of Rhayader, with his sinister hump and crooked hand, but he is gentle and kind and Fritha begins to visit regularly. When the snow goose departs for home, Rhayader is left alone again.
The following winter, the snow goose and Fritha return to the lighthouse. Time passes and one year Fritha is frightened to discover her feelings for Rhayader. But this is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House Children's Publishers UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091893828
SKU
V9780091893828
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Ref
99-99
About Paul Gallico
Paul William Gallico was born in New York City in 1897. He was one of the most well-known sporting writers in America, and a minor celebrity. But he had always wanted to be a fiction writer and eventually retired from sports writing and went to live in Europe to devote himself to writing novels and short stories.Though his name was ... Read more
Reviews for The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose is a picture-book nirvana . . . This is the sort of stylish, sophisticated stuff you might want to keep for yourself
Sally Williams
Independent
Inspired pastel reimagining of Paul Gallico's World War classic
Observer
A most impressive, newly illustrated edition of this clear and simple, yet powerful, tale of an outsider ... Read more
Sally Williams
Independent
Inspired pastel reimagining of Paul Gallico's World War classic
Observer
A most impressive, newly illustrated edition of this clear and simple, yet powerful, tale of an outsider ... Read more