Beschrijving
Titel en schrijver |
Lady Daisy, Dick King-Smith |
ISBN nr. |
0-14-034416-0 |
Uitgeverij, drukjaar en drukversie |
Puffin, 1993, Eerste Druk |
Paperback of hardcover |
Paperback |
Aantal pagina’s |
160 |
Taal en categorie |
Engels, Kind & Jeugd |
Korte samenvatting |
Lady Daisy is a book by Dick King-Smith. The main character is Ned, and he finds Lady Daisy in his grandmother’s attic. She has been asleep in there since the year 1901. It turns out, Daisy is a talking Victorian doll.
Ned tries to bring Daisy up to date on the world, and at the same time, she teaches him. About history, and, more importantly, Ned needs to learn to stand up for himself. Troy Bullock, the school bully, is the reason for that. Then there is also Mr Merryweather-Jones. Who is he, and, Ned wonders, what are his intentions surrounding Lady Daisy? |
Over de auteur |
Dick King-Smith was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1922. King-Smith was a soldier in World War 2, serving in Italy. He spent 20 years after that as a farmer before later becoming a primary school teacher. That’s when King-Smith started writing, and he got his first book published in 1978 at the age of 56. It was called The fox busters. King-Smith has written more than hundred books in his lifetime. He died in 2011, aged 88. |
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