The Secret World of Og - Brossura

Berton, Pierre

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ISBN 10: 077101399X ISBN 13: 9780771013997

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1991

Riassunto

The Canadian Classic, written by Pierre Berton and illustrated by his daughter, Patsy is now a 26 episode animated children’s series on CBC television beginning Saturday, September 9, 2006. Berton often cited The Secret World of Og as his favourite of his forty-seven books. It has sold more than 200,000 copies in four editions.

The series follows the five Berton children, Penny, Pamela, Peter, Patsy, and baby Paul (better-known as “The Pollywog”) as they discover and explore a vast,mysterious world of caverns and rivers hidden beneath a trapdoor in the floor of their clubhouse. In their subterranean adventures, they befriend the little green inhabitants called Ogs, share their worldly knowledge with them, and, at the same time, gain a little wisdom themselves.

The series is directed by Paul Schibli who also directed the long-running CBC series The Raccoons.

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L'autore:

Pierre Berton has received three Governor General’s awards for non-fiction, holds eleven honorary degrees, and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. He lives in Kleinburg, Ontario, with his wife, Janet. They have eight children and fourteen grandchildren.

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classic, written by Pierre Berton and illustrated by his daughter, Patsy, has sold more than 200,000 copies in four editions. A favourite of young readers and their parents alike, The Secret World of Og is available once again, for a new generation of children.

In this fantasy adventure, four children ― Penny, the leader; Pamela, her common-sense sister; Peter, whose life’s ambition is to become a garbageman; and Patsy, who collects frogs in her pockets ― set out in search of their baby brother, Paul, better known as “The Pollywog,” who has vanished mysteriously from their playhouse. Accompanied by their fearless pets, the children descend through a secret trapdoor into a strange underground world of mushrooms, whose green inhabitants know only one word: “OG!”

Of his forty-seven books, this is Pierre Berton’s personal favourite, partly because the characters were inspired by his own children. The Secret World

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 077101399X
• ISBN 13: 9780771013997
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile