A Kid for Two Farthings by Wolf Mankowitz (Paperback, 2009)
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Six year-old Joe knows a unicorn when he sees one. His downstairs neighbour Mr Kandinsky has told him all about these mythical creatures, and there isn't anything in the world that this wise tailor doesn't know.
- Buy it nowA Kid for Two Farthings No. 5 The Bloomsbury Group the New
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Six year-old Joe knows a unicorn when he sees one. His downstairs neighbour Mr Kandinsky has told him all about these mythical creatures, and there isn't anything in the world that this wise tailor doesn't know. So when Joe sees a little white goat amidst the singing birds, salted herrings and hokey-pokey ices of a Whitechapel market he has to have him. He knows it's just a matter of time before the tiny bump on the unicorn's head becomes the magic horn to grant his every wish. For in the embattled working-class community of 1950s East End London, there are plenty of people in need of good fortune. The only thing Mr Kandinsky wants is a steam press for his shop; his assistant Shmule, a wrestler, just needs to buy a ring for his girl; and all Joe and his mother wish for, more than anything, is to join his father in Africa. But maybe, just maybe, Joe's unicorn can sprinkle enough luck on all his friends for their humble dreams to come true. A Kid for Two Farthings is part of The Bloomsbury Group, a new library of books from the early twentieth-century chosen by readers for readers.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781408802946
eBay Product ID (ePID)89597235
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Publication Year2009
TopicBooks
Book TitleA Kid for Two Farthings
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorWolf Mankowitz
Book SeriesThe Bloomsbury Group
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Width129 mm
VolumeNo. 5
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorWolf Mankowitz
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- 18 Mar, 2020
you will love it!
Beautifully written and full of nostalgia for me, an east end child of the 1950s when Londoners knew and helped each other as they had done through WW2. Children were safe on crowded streets as yoy always saw somebody that you knew! The Jewish community were integral and loved and their Sunday markets part of our life.What a wonderful story of an innocent and imaginative child and the kind older man who encouraged him. Delightful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
