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LITTLE MANFRED

by Michael Morpurgo

Illustrated by Michael Foreman

Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st. 2011

Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund carved by a German prisoner of war who was working on a British farm after the fighting had ended. This is the story of how it got there. Blue boards. Gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations.

Wrapper has a tiny tear to top of rear panel. Small grubby mark to front panel.

ISBN: 9780007339662
Stock no. 1401262

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Contents

  • It is the summer of 1966, and Charley and her little brother, Alex, are walking their dog Manfred on the beach when they notice two old men, staring out to sea. A chance encounter brings them together and slowly Charley and Alex learn of their mother's past and the friendships that can be formed in the most difficult of circumstances. For in 1945, their farmstead home was a posting for German prisoners of war, and their mother Grace was just a little girl....

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