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Timpetill, a story for children

Manfred Michael

Timpetill, a story for children

by Manfred Michael

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Published by Oxford U.P in London .
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Edition Notes

This translation originally published (B51-13907) 1951. Originally published as "Timpetill". Zürich, Corrodi, 1937.

Statementby Manfred Michael ; illustrated by Richard Kennedy ; (translated by R. P. Aston).
SeriesOxford children"s library -- 63
ContributionsKennedy, Richard, 1910-, Aston, R. P.
The Physical Object
Pagination(7),183p. :
Number of Pages183
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL14957735M
ISBN 100192770632
OCLC/WorldCa30284716

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His first book, Timpetill () (translated as Trouble at Timpetill), is an ingenious story about a town of children whose parents get angry, and who leave them en masse, to take care of themselves. The children have to learn to govern themselves, get food and supplies, and cope with groups of bullies.

The novel “Trouble at Timpetill” is an excited Henry Winterfeld novel intended for young people and the plot is settled in the city Timpetill. Even though the time isn’t precisely determined, thanks to the inventions mentioned we can come to the conclusion that the plot was taking place in the modern age, about 20 th century, during summer.

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Timpetill: a story for children by Henry Winterfeld (Book) 11 editions published between and in 5 languages and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. "Almost nonstop, the story's thrilling actions rush onward." the children of Timpetill are so bad that the adults skip town.

These first three books in the book series published between. In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusingRufus wrote CAIUS IS A DUMBBELL on his tablet at school, but no, he did not break into the schoolroom, did not tie up his teacher, and certainly did not paint his slur about /5(14).

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