Paul Gallico was a versatile storyteller renowned for his distinctive style and wit. His early career as a sports journalist provided him with a unique perspective on the world, which often infused his later fiction. Though he began as a critic, his focus shifted to crafting fiction, where he cultivated an international readership. Gallico masterfully blended suspense, humor, and deeply human moments, earning him a place in the hearts of readers worldwide.
This is the story of a young boy called Peter, who is knocked down by a car. To his considerable astonishment, when he recovers, he is not a young boy, but a cat! Fortunately, he meets Jennie, a cat who had been abandoned by her family when they moved away, who educates him in the wiles of the feline world. Will he stay a cat with Jennie, or return to being a human boy?
Published to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
The story follows seven-year-old Mary, whose world shatters when her beloved cat, Thomasina, is deemed too sick to survive by her stern father, the town vet. Heartbroken and silent towards her father, Mary faces her own life-threatening illness. Meanwhile, Thomasina is saved by Lori, the enigmatic Red Witch, and transformed into Talitha, a powerful being with ties to an Egyptian goddess, now returning for vengeance. Themes of love, loss, and transformation intertwine in this magical tale.
The Small Miracle: A little boy requests of the Pope that his sick donkey, Violetta, be healed through a visit to the crypt of St. Francis of Assisi.
Presents stories The Snow Goose - set in the wild, desolate Essex marshes and is a tale about the relationship between a hunchback and a young girl; and, The Small Miracle - a contemporary fable about a young boy's love for his dangerously ill donkey. schovat popis
Collins Modern Classics are re-launched in gorgeous new covers bringing these familiar stories to a new generation. From the author of best-loved classic `The Snow Goose'.
The story of a friendship that develops between a lonely crippled painter and a village girl, when together they minister to an injured snow goose during World War II.
Mrs Harris is a "daily" a London charwoman who sees so much of the lovely clothes of her London employer that the one thing she wants above all else is to own a Dior gown. What happens to her in Paris and what happened when she left its magic for her own London home is the story Mr. Gallico tells in this book
1st Penguin 2754 1967 edition paperback vg++ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
