The Friday Parcel: The Jungle Sale & the Friday Parcel

by Ann Pilling, B. Bartlett (Illustrator)

A collection of two stories about a young boy called Matt. The first is about his stay at his gran's and his wait for a parcel arriving on Friday. The second story is about Matt's trip to a "jungle sale" where he hopes to buy a pet lion. Ann Pilling's other titles include "Dustbin Charlie".

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Born in 1944 in Lancashire, British poet and children's author Ann Pilling read English at King’s College, London, where she wrote her thesis on C.S. Lewis' fiction. She has published over thirty books for children, one of which - Henry's Leg - won The Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction. She has two sons, six grandchildren, and currently lives in the Yorkshire Dales. Since 2003, she has concentrated on writing poetry, rather than fiction.