The Queen's Nose facts for kids
First edition
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| Author | Dick King-Smith |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
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Publication date
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10 February 1983 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 111pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0-06-023245-5 ISBN: 978-0-06-023245-0 ISBN: 0-06-023246-3 ISBN: 978-0-06-023246-7 |
| OCLC | 11624157 |
| LC Class | PZ7.K5893 Qe 1983 |
The Queen's Nose is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Jill Bennett. Set in England, where King-Smith lived, it features a girl who can use a fifty pence coin to make wishes. It was adapted as the 1995 TV series The Queen's Nose, which was a great success and ran for 7 series.
Plot
The book by Dick King-Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10-year-old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents, who think animals are dirty. Harmony has a 15-year-old sister, Melody, who spends most of her time looking in a mirror. Harmony's best friend is a toy dog, Rex Ruff Monty.
Harmony believes animals are more interesting than humans and so she pictures the people she meets as animals. Her father is a sea lion, her mother a Pouter pigeon and her sister a Siamese cat.
She receives a magic coin from her uncle, Ginger, that grants her seven wishes.
