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Pepi and the Secret Names


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No. of pages 32

Published: 1996

Great for age 3-10 years

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Set in ancient Egypt, this is the adventure story of how Pepi, armed with his knowledge of secret names, brings models of the animal gods to life. The book has been shortlisted for the 1994 Primary English Picture Book Award and the Children's Book Award 1995.

 

 

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 1996 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Jill Paton Walsh is a distinguished writer, best-known for her adult novel, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. Among her many children's titles are The Dolphin Crossing (widely acknowledged as a modern classic); Gaffer Samson's Luck (Winner of the Smarties Prize); The Emperor's Winding Sheet (Winner of the Whitbread Award) and Thomas and the Tinners (Winner of the Smarties Prize). Fiona French won the 1986 Kate Greenaway Medal for her astonishing art-deco illustrations in Snow White in New York.