Young Hippo: the Bubblegum Tree Pb (Scholastic: Young Hippo) [Paperback]

Alexander Smith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Scholastic: Young Hippo

Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India. But this is no holiday - they must solve the mystery of the missing bubble gum tree sap, because without it, Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum won't work - and that is no laughing matter.

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About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith is professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the author of over fifty books. These range from adult fiction to specialist titles, such as Forensic Aspects of Sleep, to a wide selection of children's books. In 1999 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was published. This book quickly became a bestseller and was voted one of the 'International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement. In America the success of the series was instant with sales exceeding two million in the USA alone. Winner of three Author of the Year awards in 2004 (British Book Awards, Booksellers' Association and Waterstone's), and Bloomsbury Publishing are very proud and excited to be re-publishing Alexander's key children's books. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Hippo/Scholastic (June 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590544454
• ISBN-13: 978-0590544450
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,290,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is now Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He has written more than fifty books, including a number of specialist titles, but is best known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has achieved bestseller status on four continents. In 2004 he was awarded British Book Awards Author of the Year and Booksellers Association Author of the Year. He lives in Scotland, where in his spare time he is a bassoonist in the RTO (Really Terrible Orchestra).