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Esio trot / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
JF DAHL	Junior Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780141369389 (paperback)
Name	Dahl, Roald author.
Title	Esio trot / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Published	London : Puffin, 2016.
Published	©1990
Description	53 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Notes	Originally published: Jonathan Cape, 1990.
Summary	High up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone. Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves her. And Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day his mind goes click and an amazing idea rushes into his head. With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver's heart?
Reading Program Note	Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4.
Subjects	Turtles -- Juvenile fiction
	Man-woman relationships -- Juvenile fiction
	Pets -- Juvenile fiction
	Children's stories
	Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4
Genre	Humorous fiction
Other Names	Blake, Quentin illustrator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Children's stories . Humorous fiction . Man-woman relationships -- Juvenile fiction . Pets -- Juvenile fiction . Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4 . Turtles -- Juvenile fiction . See Also: Children's literature . Fairy tales . Fiction . Storytelling . Fiction . Wit and humor . Authors: Blake, Quentin . Dahl, Roald .