The Little Gentleman
- ISBN-10
- 0141318392
- ISBN-13
- 9780141318394
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-08-04
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Philippa Pearce
Description
A young girl's dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries.
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