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Terry Pratchett


Terry Pratchett is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series, and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is soon to be adapted into an animated movie. He is the winner of the 2002 Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. After his first novel featuring Tiffany Aching, The Wee Free Men, he was made an Honorary Brownie!

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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Written by Terry Pratchett

Paperback | 288 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-552-56292-8 (0-552-56292-0)

July 26, 2011 | $12.99



Is Discworld ready for educated rats?

Set in the Discworld, a brand new and marvellously eccentric fantasy tale for young readers.

Maurice, an amazing cat, who has survived four years on the toughest streets in the whole of the Discworld, reckons that rats are dumb. Clever, OK, but dumb. Maurice, however, is smart...


I Shall Wear Midnight
Written by Terry Pratchett

Abridged Compact Disc | pages | Audiobooks | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-1-84657-658-4 (1-84657-658-X)

January 25, 2011 | $28.00





Also available as a hardcover.

I Shall Wear Midnight
Written by Terry Pratchett

Hardcover | 400 pages | Doubleday UK | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-385-61107-7 (0-385-61107-2)

October 4, 2010 | $28.00



Teen witch Tiffany Aching returns for a new Discworld adventure -- along with her ever-present allies, the Nac Mac Feegle.

Tiffany Aching, the young witch from The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith is back in a new adventure featuring Discworld characters both familiar to fans (like Granny...

Also available as an abridged audio CD.

Johnny and the Dead
Written by Terry Pratchett

Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-552-55106-9 (0-552-55106-6)

August 17, 2010 | $10.95



Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can see the dead. And he’s got bad news for them: the council wants to sell their cemetery as a building site. But the dead won’t take it lying down…


From the Paperback edition.

Also available as an audio cassette and a audio CD.

A Hat Full of Sky
Written by Terry Pratchett

Paperback | 366 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-552-56291-1 (0-552-56291-2)

August 2, 2010 | $12.99



Tiffany Aching, a hag from a long line of hags, is trying out her witchy talents again as she is plunged into yet another adventure when she leaves home and is apprenticed to a “real” witch. This time, will the thievin’, fightin’ and drinkin’ skills of the Nac Mac Feegle —...

Also available as an audio cassette, audio CD and a trade paperback.

The Wee Free Men
Written by Terry Pratchett

Paperback | 320 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-552-56290-4 (0-552-56290-4)

August 2, 2010 | $12.99



A wonderful new novel from the Carnegie Medal winner. A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel.

Up on the chalk downs known as The Wold, witches are banned -- ever since the Baron’s son vanished in the woods. Anyway, as all witches know, chalk is no good for magic.

Nine-year-old Tiffany...

Also available as a audio CD.

Wintersmith
Written by Terry Pratchett

Paperback | 384 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic; Juvenile Fiction - Action & Adventure
978-0-552-56289-8 (0-552-56289-0)

August 2, 2010 | $12.99



Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldest story there ever is...

Also available as a audio CD and a trade paperback.

Thud!
Written by Terry Pratchett

Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Corgi | Fiction - Fantasy
978-0-552-15663-9 (0-552-15663-9)

July 27, 2010 | $19.95



Vroom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was very far away. It was a long time ago. But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Command Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought...

Also available as an audio cassette, audio CD and a paperback.

Unseen Academicals
Written by Terry Pratchett

Paperback | 480 pages | Corgi | Fiction - Fantasy
978-0-552-15337-9 (0-552-15337-0)

June 21, 2010 | $12.99





Also available as an abridged audio CD.

Only You Can Save Mankind
Written by Terry Pratchett

Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Action & Adventure; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-552-55103-8 (0-552-55103-1)

May 13, 2010 | $19.95





Also available as an audio cassette and a audio CD.

The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld
Written by Terry Pratchett
Compiled by Stephen Briggs

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Corgi | Fiction - Fantasy
978-0-552-15946-3 (0-552-15946-8)

May 3, 2010 | $19.95



The perfect book for die-hard Pratchett fans and newcomers alike, a collection of the wittiest, pithiest and wisest quotations from the Discworld universe, organized into categories including the principal Discworld characters (Granny Weatherwax, Lord Vetinari), places (Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork, the City Watch) or even the occasionally concept (magic).


From the Hardcover edition....

Also available as a hardcover.

Nation: The Play

Trade Paperback | 144 pages | Corgi | Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-552-16215-9 (0-552-16215-9)

February 16, 2010 | $23.95






The Carpet People
Written by Terry Pratchett

Hardcover | 256 pages | Doubleday UK | Juvenile Fiction - Action & Adventure; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
978-0-385-61572-3 (0-385-61572-8)

November 23, 2009 | $32.00



The Illustrated Edition of the hilarious fantasy, co-written by Terry Pratchett, at age seventeen, and Terry Pratchett, at age forty-three

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet…

Now, the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and a new story: the story of Fray, sweeping...

Also available as an audio cassette, audio CD and a paperback.

Unseen Academicals
Written by Terry Pratchett
Read by Tony Robinson

Abridged Compact Disc | pages | Corgi Audio | Fiction - Fantasy
978-1-84657-906-6 (1-84657-906-6)

November 23, 2009 | $37.95





Also available as a paperback.

The Folklore of Discworld

Trade Paperback | 360 pages | Corgi | Fiction - Folklore
978-0-552-15493-2 (0-552-15493-8)

October 19, 2009 | $19.95



Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth.

Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy...


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