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Jane Nissen BooksPublication date
26th October 2000ISBN
9781903252079Publisher Profile
Upon retirement from Penguin in 2001, and with the belief that children of the 21st Century should have access to some of the best-loved books of the 20th Century, many of which have gone out of print over the years, Jane Nissen set up her own publishing company with the sole purpose of bringing lost children’s classics back into print. In 2007, Jane was granted the Eleanor Farjeon Award for distinguished service to the world of British children’s books.
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Fattypuffs And Thinifers
Andre Maurois
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Edmund was fat and loved food - just like his mother. His brother Terry was thin - just like his father. The boys were amazed when they found themselves on opposite sides in a battle between the warring nations of the Fattypuffs and Thinifers.
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Fattypuffs And Thinifers by Andre MauroisEdmund was fat and loved food - just like his mother. His brother Terry was thin - just like his father. The boys were amazed when they found themselves on opposite sides in a battle between the warring nations of the Fattypuffs and Thinifers.
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When two brothers, plump Edmund and skinny Terry, go down a street staircase between two rocks they find themselves in a completely different world. The Country Under the Earth is on the brink of war as the two peoples, the Fattypuffs and the Thinifers, cannot understand each other's culture. The Fattypuffs are warm-hearted, gentle food-lovers while the Thinifers are tall, bony models of efficiency whose trains run to the second. Edmond and Terry find themselves separated and get to grips with living as a Fattypuff and a Thinifer. When the Thinifers occupy Fattypuff, Edmund and Terry are reunited and decide to put an end to the war and prejudice forever. This is a very funny, sharply ironic look at the 'us and themmentality that leads to intolerance and conflict. First published in 1941, the language and humour have stood the test of time, and so too (unfortunately) has the content
. Fattypuffs and Thinifers will encourage children to think about issues such as national racial and gender stereotyping. The book delivers its great wisdom with humour and imagination, making an extremely entertaining read. The illustrations are lively and full of humour (you have to see the Thinifers
gym) and your children will learn some fabulous words
, like nincompoop and ignoramus. So, do as the Fattypuffs do - gather up some cushions, chocolate and children, and settle down for a nice long read. (Kirkus UK)
About The Author
Maurois was born at Elbeuf as the son of a textile manufacturer. His family had fled Alsace after the Franco-Prussian War (1870) and took refuge in Normandy, where they owned a woolen mill at Elbeuf. Maurois was a brilliant student. He studied at the lycée of Elbeuf and Rouen, received barchelor's degree in letters and science and continued for a degree in philosophy at the University of Caen. From the age of eighteen to twenty-six he worked at his father's factory. When the World War I broke out, Maurois was first attached as an interpreter, then as a liaison officer to the British Army.
As a novelist Maurois made his debut with The Silence of Colonel Bramble (1918), which was based on his experiences in the war.
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