Norvin is a very good actor, but rather plain. In fact, he looks very like a shark, and more than anything, he loves to shoot through the water like a silver arrow. But his cunning plan to clear the water at Caramel Cove badly misfires...This funny tale written by best-selling author, Margaret Mahy, will amuse and delight children everywhere.
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About the Author:
Margaret Mahy's many books - picture books, short stories, and fiction for teenagers as well as younger children - have been hugely successful all round the world and she was indisputably one of the most popular and successful 20th-century children's authors. She won the CARNEGIE MEDAL and many other awards, and was nominated for the HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD. Margaret died in July 2012. Jonathan Allen is a children's author and illustrator who lives near Cambridge. He has had more than 40 children's titles published, including I'M NOT SCARED! and I AM A DOG.
From Publishers Weekly:
Capitalizing on his sharkish looks, Norvin frightens away all the other swimmers from Caramel Cove?except for one whose dorsal fin might just be genuine; "Certain to tickle funnybones," said PW. Ages 4-8.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0140554246
- ISBN 13 9780140554243
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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