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Philippa Pearce

Philippa Pearce was an English author of children's books. Her most famous work is the time slip fantasy novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Pearce was four times a commended runner up for the Medal. The peculiar relationship between the old and the very young is a constant theme in Philippa's writing and when, late in life, she had the unexpected delight of two small grandsons, it gave her a renewed burst of creative energy. She called being a grandmother a privilege, a rare, almost inexplicable pleasure not just fun but something different, more. Philippa Pearce died in December 2006.

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Title:

The Little Gentleman

Written by:

Philippa Pearce 

Read by:

Jan Francis 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

3 

Duration:

3 hours 19 minutes 

Published:

April 28 2018 

Available Date:

April 28 2018 

Age Category:

Children (5+) 

ISBN:

9781489439024 

Genres:

Fiction; Children's Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Audible audio 

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#1 bestselling author

The beguiling story of a lonely girl who befriends a 300-year-old mole who tells a terrific tale of old.

When Bet is first asked to go into the meadow and read a passage aloud from a book – apparently to no-one – she wonders why. But then she realises that her audience is a little mole, who listens attentively. This isn't just any mole. This mole can speak, he is more than 300 years old and he has an amazing tale to tell. So begins an extraordinary friendship between a lonely little girl and The Little Gentleman in Black Velvet.

'A deeply moving meditation on the transience and mutability of childhood.'
The Guardian

'... written with elegance and wisdom ...'
Sunday Times