Count Karlstein
$23.60
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2018
Summary
The very first children’s novel by Philip Pullman, the creator of His Dark Materials, Count Karlstien is a deliciously terrifying, wickedly funny adventure.
Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
All Souls’ Eve is a night when nobody in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their homes. For that is the night that Zamiel, the Demon Huntsman, prowls through the forests in search of his prey …
This year, however, the Huntsman doesn’t need to go searching. He kno…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241362273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024136227X |
| Author: | Philip Pullman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford. His first children’s book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published thirty-three books, read by children and adults alike. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy. These books have been honoured by several prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Book Prize, and (for The Amber Spyglass) the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time that prize had been given to a children’s book. Pullman has received numerous other awards, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year’s Honours List for Services to Literature.
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