By Dick King-Smith (author) , Arthur Robins (illustrator)
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Long ago, in the cold lands of the North, there lived a troll named Ulf who had a very bad habit - he liked to eat fingers! Many, many men, women and children had found their hands a finger short thanks to the razor-sharp teeth of the Finger-eater.
'Very, very funny ... the drawings are hilarious.' - Daily Mirror
Dick King-Smith was born in 1922 and brought up in Gloucestershire.
Dick served with the Grenadier Guards during World War II and was mentioned in dispatches. He then spent twenty years working as a farmer and a short period teaching in a primary school before becoming a full-time writer.
Dick wrote over seventy stories, many of which have animal characters for the simple reason that, "I like them, I've always kept a lot of pets, and because it's fun putting words in their mouths." His farming years were the inspiration for many of his books, and pigs have featured in several of them because they are his favourite animal. Dick won the 1984 Guardian Fiction Award for The Sheep-Pig, which was later turned into an Oscar-winning film, 'Babe'. He died in 2011.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Finger-Eater and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
The Finger-Eater features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fantasy / Magical, Funny, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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The Finger-Eater was written by Dick King-Smith and published by Bolinda Audio
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