The little grey men
by BB (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
The Little Grey Men is a children's storybook by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, writing under the pseudonym “BB”. It tells the exploits of four gnomes, named after the flowers Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry. The Little Grey Men won BB the 1942 Carnegie Medal in Literature. In 1975 The Little Grey Men was adapted into a 10 part animated series, called Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry, by Anglia Television in the U.K.
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67896
- Title
- The little grey men
- Author
- BB (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Childrens Illustrated Fiction, B.B., Watkins-Pitchford, Gnomes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Childrens;
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