| ISBN |
9781782693390 (paperback) |
| Name |
Biegel, Paul author. |
| Uniform title |
Sleutelkruid. English |
| Title |
The king of the Copper Mountains / Paul Biegel ; translated from the Dutch by Gillian Hume and Paul Biegel ; illustrated by Sally J. Collins. |
| Published |
London : Pushkin Children's, 2022. |
| ©1967 |
| Description |
188 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Summary |
At the end of his thousand-year reign of the Copper Mountains, old King Mansolain is tired and his heart is slowing down. When his attendant, the Hare, consults The Wonder Doctor, he is told he must keep the King engaged in life by telling him a story every night until the Doctor can find a cure. The search is on for a nightly story more wonderful than the last, and one by one the kingdom's inhabitants arrive with theirs; the ferocious Wolf, the lovesick Donkey, the fire-breathing three-headed Dragon. Last to arrive is the Dwarf, with four ancient books and a prophecy that the King will live for another thousand years but only if the Wonder Doctor returns in time. |
| Target audience note |
7-10 years old. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Dutch. |
| Subjects |
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction |
| Prophecies -- Juvenile fiction |
| Physicians -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Genre |
Fantasy fiction |
| Other Names |
Hume, Gillian translator. |
| Biegel, Paul translator. |
| Collins, Sally J. illustrator. |
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