LITTLE MANFRED
Written by Michael Morpurgo
Illustrated by Michael Foreman
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books
in 2011
ISBN: 9780007339662
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LITTLE MANFRED
Written by Michael Morpurgo.
Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1807902
1st.
2011.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund carved by a German prisoner of war who was working on a British farm after the fighting had ended. This is the story of how it got there. Blue boards. Gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007339662. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
Front cover
Contents
- It is the summer of 1966, and Charley and her little brother, Alex, are walking their dog Manfred on the beach when they notice two old men, staring out to sea. A chance encounter brings them together and slowly Charley and Alex learn of their mother's past and the friendships that can be formed in the most difficult of circumstances. For in 1945, their farmstead home was a posting for German prisoners of war, and their mother Grace was just a little girl....