This story is about a little girl named Property Jones,
so-called because she was left in the lost property cupboard of
a bookshop when she was five years old.
Property loves living in the bookshop, but she has a whopper of
a secret ... she can't actually read!
So Property doesn't see the newspaper article announcing the chance
to win the Montgomery Book Emporium, the biggest and
most magnificent bookshop in the world!
When her family win the competition, Property finds herself moving
to the Emporium, a magical place filled with floor upon floor
of books and a very bad-tempered cat.
But all is not at it seems at the Emporium and
soon Property Jones finds herself in a whole heap of trouble.
Sylvia Bishop is the author of the much-loved ERICA'S ELEPHANT and THE BOOKSHOP GIRL. When not writing, Sylvia is also one half of improvised comedy duo the Peablossom Cabaret. She lives in London. @sylviabishop
Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator now living in Belgium. He has over 15 years experience as an illustrator and designer, and especially love
Kaye Umansky was born in Plymouth in Devon, England. She went to Teacher's Training College, after which she taught in London primary schools for twelve years, specializing in music and drama. In her spare time, she sang and played keyboards with a semiprofessional soul band. She now writes full time and has written more than twenty-five books of fantasy, fi
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