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1983 novel by Dick King-Smith From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Queen's Nose is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Jill Bennett. Set in England, where King-Smith lived, it features a girl who can use a fifty pence coin to make wishes. When the book was reprinted in 1994 publishers HarperTrophy commissioned a new cover art illustrated by Michael Koelsch.[2] The book was adapted into the 1995 TV series The Queen's Nose, which ran for 7 series.[3]
Author | Dick King-Smith |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | 10 February 1983 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
Pages | 111pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-06-023245-5 ISBN 978-0-06-023245-0 ISBN 0-06-023246-3 ISBN 978-0-06-023246-7 |
OCLC | 11624157 |
LC Class | PZ7.K5893 Qe 1983 [1] |
The book by Dick King-Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10-year-old girl who wants an animal of her own, but this is not allowed by her parents, who think that animals are dirty. Harmony has a 15-year-old sister, Melody, who spends most of her time looking in a mirror. Harmony's best friend is a toy dog, Rex Ruff Monty.
Harmony believes that animals are more interesting than people, and so she pictures the people she meets as animals; her father is a sea lion, her mother a Pouter pigeon and her sister a Siamese cat.
She receives a magic 50p coin from her uncle Ginger, which grants her seven wishes whenever she rubs the side of the coin that Queen Elizabeth II's nose is pointed at.
Book | Year Published | Cover Picture | Notes |
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The Queen's Nose[7] | 10 February 1983 | A Girl with a bear | Hardback Original 1st Edition. |
The Queen's Nose[8] | 1983 | A Girl with a bear | Hardback 1st American edition. |
The Queen's Nose[9] | March 1984 | A Girl with a bear | Hardback Second Impression. |
The Queen's Nose[10] | April 1985 | A Girl with a bear. | Library Binding. |
The Queen's Nose[11] | 28 November 1985 | A Rabbit. | Paperback Original Book by Dick King-Smith Re-released a number of times. |
The Queen's Nose[12] | 1989 | Unknown | Hard Cover Re-print. |
The Queen's Nose[13] | September 1994 | Michael Koelsch[2] | Paperback Re-print. |
The Queen's Nose[14] | 26 October 1995 | A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a rabbit. | Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition |
The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return[15] | 29 October 1996 | A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a hamster. | Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition |
Queen's Nose: Harmony's Holiday[16] | 31 October 1998 | A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a duck. | Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition |
The Queen's Nose[17] | 1996 | Unknown | Paperback TV Paperback Re-print. |
The Queen's Nose[18] | 1 November 2002 | Unknown | Paperback Re-print in Large Print. |
The Queen's Nose[19] | 17 January 2005 | A Rabbit | Paperback Re-print. |
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