I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers: The Scarecrow and His Servant author-Norton Juster Leonard S. Marcus (Notes by) Love kills kingdoms…

Love kills kingdoms…

some wear at top of front board

won medals

the Psammead agrees to grant one wish per day – but the results of their wishes somehow never come out quite the way the children expect

But all gifts come with a price

I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers: The Scarecrow and His Servant author-Norton Juster Leonard S. Marcus (Notes by) Love kills kingdoms…A must have for every child's library: two enchanting tales by the bestselling author of The Golden Compass, in a special hardcover omnibus edition with newly colorized illustrations When a bolt of lightning brings Scarecrow to life, he proves to be a courteous but pea brained fellow with grand ideas. He meets a boy, Jack, who becomes his faithful servant, and the two embark upon a terrifying series of adventuresincluding battles, brigands, broken