But whenever she can, Madeleine goes to visit two friends of hers who run a shop. A small, rather shabby-looking shop. And as the sun sets you will often find them talking and laughing together on a balcony, high above the rooftops of Paris.
Text copyright © 2008 by Rupert Kingfisher
Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Sue Hellard
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First published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in the United States of America in November 2008
by Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers
E-book edition published in October 2010
www.bloomsburykids.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Kingfisher, Rupert.
Madame Pamplemousse and her incredible edibles / Rupert Kingfisher ;
illustrated by Sue Hellard. — 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Forced to work in her unpleasant uncle’s horrible restaurant, a Parisian girl finds comfort and companionship in a shop nearby that sells otherworldly foods prepared by a mysterious cook and her cat.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-306-4 • ISBN-10: 1-59990-306-7 (hardcover)
[1. Food—Fiction. 2. Supernatural—Fiction. 3. Restaurants—Fiction. 4. Cooks—Fiction. 5. Paris (France)—Fiction. 6. France—Fiction.]
I. Hellard, Susan, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.K59Mad 2008 [Fic]—dc22 2008010409
ISBN 978-1-59990-696-6 (e-book)
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