Children's Fiction Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Manfred the Unmangeable Monster
- Publisher
- Pottersfield Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2000
- Category
- Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895900415
- Publish Date
- Jan 2000
- List Price
- $8.95
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Description
Budge Wilson has created a heart-warming monster story that proves things are not always the way they appear. Manfred's parents are afraid he's not scary enough but Manfred knows that it's okay to be different and he figures out a way to break the stereotypes that monsters face.
About the author
Budge Wilson (b. 1927) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and lived in Kingston, Ontario, before moving back to North West Cove, Nova Scotia. A former commercial artist and photographer, she has written more than twenty books, many of them for children and young adults; her awards include the Ann Connor Brimer Award for children's literature. "Mr. Manuel Jenkins" is included in her story collecton The Leaving (Anansi, 1991).
