Title The battle of Bubble and Squeak / Philippa Pearce ; illustrated by Alan Baker

Published London : Andre Deutsch, 1978

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB SPCBC	819 Pearce Phi/Bob		LIB USE ONLY

Description 5 unnumbered pages,88 pages : illustrations ; 21cm Summary The three Parker children have never owned pets, until two gerbils-little desert rats- come their way. The children's mother doesn't like animals and home becomes a battle field to determine if the gerbils can stay! Notes Winner of the 1978 Whitbread Literary Award Audience For children Notes Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Novel, 1978 winner Subject Children's stories. Gerbils as pets -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Gerbils -- Juvenile fiction. Mother and child -- Juvenile fiction. Pets -- Juvenile fiction. Pets -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT England -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114937 Genre/Form Fiction. Illustrated works. Author Baker, Alan, 1951- LC no. 78318736 ISBN 0140311831 (Puffin Books) 0233969861

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