{"product_id":"lilac-peabody-and-sam-sparks-9780007137718","title":"Lilac Peabody and Sam Sparks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first title in a sparkling new series for younger readers, from the creator and author of Angels Unlimited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLilac Peabody is as small and shimmery as a dragon-fly - a little extraterrestrial busybody, who is a friend to all children who need her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac's continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac, that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first novel, Sam Sparks is the new kid in school. He's lonely and miserable and it's his birthday soon but he has no friends to invite. Enter Lilac, who persuades him to invide a forlorn little waif of a girl - Bella Bright - to his party. Imagine Sam's surprise when this kind act leads to a whole circus entertaining him on his birthday. The girl is a traveller from a circus family... Lilac has enabled him to have more than he has ever had in his life. Meanwhile Lilac moves on to help the next child...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnie Dalton has created this wonderful character for younger readers, very much in the mould of Melanie Beeby from Angels Unlimited though Lilac is no angel!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Dalton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780007137718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Dalton has won prizes for her Tilly Beany series and The Afterdark Princess. Her series Angels Unlimited is enjoying great success both in the UK and the USA, and is currently in production as a family film with Disney. Annie has three grown-up children, two granddaughters and lives in Suffolk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43093245034611,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":6.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2435e0b8-358b-41fc-a9d8-690184e80ced.jpg?v=1748525276","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/lilac-peabody-and-sam-sparks-9780007137718","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}