Publisher Description
For sixty-five years Toby the toy panda has lain in the dark loft. Now, trouble in the house wakes him: the arrival of child-hating Mrs Malevant, who's come to mind Izzy and her siblings while their parents are away. Somehow Toby speaks to Izzy, just as he used to speak to his former owner, her great-uncle Maurice. The children desperately need the support of their great-uncle and Aunt Folly to stand up to Mrs Malevant. Can Toby help restore happiness to the house? A charming story about a toy panda who helps the children stand up to a bully, from acclaimed author Jenny Nimmo.
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About Jenny Nimmo
Jenny Nimmo is
the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Charlie Bone
series as well as Griffin’s Castle, The Dragon’s Child, and the
award-winning Magician Trilogy. Several of her books have been awarded and
short-listed for the Smarties Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award,
and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award. She lives with her husband in an
old mill in Wales.
About June Barrie
June Barrie has
appeared in over eighty productions at the Bristol Old Vic, including playing
Marina in Uncle Vanya, Mrs. Alving in
Ghosts, Mrs. Conway in J. B.
Priestley’s Time and the Conways, and
the title roles in Driving Miss Daisy
and Stevie. She has extensive
experience on radio in plays and serials, while her television credits include Close Relations, Coasting, Seduction, and
the BAFTA-nominated Dual Balls.