The Little Gentleman

Winner of the Whitbread Award and both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, Philippa Pearce¿s books are classics. In this charming tale, young Bet befriends a talking mole while reading aloud in a field. Bet learns that, despite the Little Gentleman¿s amazing powers, his deepest wish is to be ¿wholly mole.¿ Only Bet can help him¿but the cost may prove too great.