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How To Live Forever

by Colin Thompson · 1995

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Colin Thompson's books are mystical and complex, they will appeal to children and adults alike and demand to be returned to as there is always a new image to see . . . something more to catch the eye. Peter and his family live among the Quinces in the cookery section of a mystical library, and at night, when the library comes to life, Peter ventures out of his home to find a missing volume: How To Live Forever

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
artartMore like thisLess of thisbooks about booksbooks about booksMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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