With a new addition to the family, Frances is feeling left out. So Frances decides to run away?but not too far! This new edition of Russell and Lillian Hoban?s beloved classic is perfect for beginning
'An original ... a delight to read' The TimesOn an ordinary day in a strangely unfamiliar London, Kleinzeit is fired from his advertising job and told he must go to hospital with a skewed hypotenuse.
'Wonderful, life-saving ... places Russell Hoban among the greatest, timeless novelists' The TimesBorn to swim thousands of miles in the ocean, the giant sea turtles are now trapped in a tank of golde
'A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's' New Statesman'I have gone to look for a lion.' In a world where lions have become extinct, the map-maker Jachin-Boaz nevertheless
Frances and Thelma are friends -- most of the time Thelma always seems to get Frances into trouble. When she tricks Frances into buying her tea set, it's the last straw. Can Frances show her that it's
Frances likes to eat only bread and jam until her parents grant her wish; when Albert has a "no girls" game, Frances and her sister organize a "Best Friends Outing -- No Boys;" and Frances decides to
