Eric and the Striped Horror by Barbara Mitchelhill - ISBN: 9781783447961
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Eric is an ordinary boy who loves football, and hates tests. Then his Auntie Rose sends him a very strange present from her travels in South America: an ugly, stinky, stripy jumper with magical powers. Eric finds the jumper really does have a miraculous effect on his brain power – but can there be t…

Eric and the Striped Horror

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  • Paperback

    64 pages

  • Release Date

    17 January 2019

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Summary

Eric is an ordinary boy who loves football, and hates tests. Unluckily, a big test is coming up! Then his Auntie Rose sends him a very strange present from her travels in South America- an ugly, stinky, stripy jumper with magical powers. It can turn the wearer into a genius, so long as it is never washed. Eric finds the jumper really does have a miraculous effect on his brain power - but can there be too much of a good thing?

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783447961
ISBN-10:1783447966
Author:Barbara Mitchelhill, Tony Ross
Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd
Imprint:Andersen Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:17 January 2019
Weight:64g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 4mm
Series:Eric
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Critics Review

There’s lots of adventure and laughs-a-plenty in this little story, which mixes magic into a tale of everyday school life. – Andrea Reece * LoveReading4Kids *

About The Author

Barbara Mitchelhill

Barbara Mitchelhill (Author) Barbara Mitchelhill was born in Rochdale and trained as a teacher. While she was teaching, she began writing for BBC children’s TV and went on to write for educational publishers, before writing novels for children. She makes school visits all over the country, and enjoys appearing at literary festivals and talking to teachers and librarians, some as far away as the Caribbean. Her hobbies include reading, theatre, music, gardening and walking her border terrier, Ella. She lives in Staffordshire and has two grown-up daughters and four grandchildren.Tony Ross (Illustrator) Tony Ross has been illustrating books for over 40 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5s Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams? best-selling children?s books. Tony?s books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xargle’s Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpole?s Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. He has been named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UK?s libraries’ most-borrwed illustrator. He lives in Rutland.

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