Measle and the WrathmonkA magical adventure story about an orphan called Measle who lives with hishorrible guardian, Basil Tramplebone. Basil is a Wrathmonk - the worst kind ofwizard - and when he find Measle playing with his beloved train set he zaps himwith an evil spell. Now Measle's only a few centimetres tall and trapped in theworld of the train set. There's a hungry bat in the rafters waiting fornightfall to swoop down on Measle and there's an enormous cockroach after him,but Measle finds some friends in the train set and together they come up with aplan.BLIan Ogilvy has written two adult books and this is his first book for children.He is best-known as an actor. As well as starring in The Saint for a number ofyears, he has also appeared in many other TV productions, films, and West Endstage plays. Ian will be coming to the UK for the publication of Measle andWrathmonk in June 2004.BLQuirky black and white illustrations by Chris Mould which bring the storyvividly to life |
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