Long ago, in the cold lands of the North, there lived a troll named Ulf, who had a very bad habit - he liked to eat fingers! Many many men, women and children had found their hands a finger short thanks to the razor-sharp teeth of the Finger-eater. And who knows how many more might have suffered the same fate if it hadn't been for the actions of a resolute girl called Gudrun! The author won "The Guardian" Fiction Award for "The Sheep-Pig" and was named Children's Author of the Year at the 1991 British Book Award. His other titles include "Farmer Bungle Forgets", "H. Prince", "The Whistling Piglet" and the "Sophie" series.
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"An amusing, gruesome tale (with) whimsieal line drawings by Arthur Robins." The Daily Telegraph; "Will undoubtedly be popular with seven- and eight-year-olds." Child Education, Best Books of the Year; "Easy-to-read, gripping tale...this book is very, very funny...the drawings are hilarious." The Daily Mirror"
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A fresh new look for this hilarious story by the much-loved Dick King-Smith.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Tycho aged 7
Format:Paperback
The Finger Eater is one of my favourite books. It is really funny and it has got good cartoons in it. Once you have started reading it you don't want to stop. I would recommend it to other six to seven year olds.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Angela
Format:Paperback
This is real Dick King-Smith magic, but in a format which is perfect for kids who are moving off reading schemes and on to real books. This Sprinters edition has 60 pages of large print and funny line drawings on each one, so the print is spaced out quite a bit, making it approachable for kids who are put off by pages of solid text. A tough little girl manages to solve a problem that has left all the grown-ups short of a finger! All my children like this one, and so do I! It has none of the potential stigma of reading scheme books for older kids. The vocabulary is not restricted to easy words (eg it contains the following: echoed, caught, disappeared, concealed) but it is easy to follow.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Shiraz
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This series - Sprinters - are fantastic for those children who are developing independence in their reading and want a 'proper' story. They bridge the gap between the whole contrived Biff and Chip (ORT) reading scheme series and young reading books which are mostly aimed at 8 year olds. Sprinters have short chapters, large print with accessible vocabulary and provide a very engaging quick read. I bought this one (The Finger-Eater) for my daughter (aged 6) and she thoroughly enjoyed the story, so much so that she has asked for more stories by Dick King-Smith. My only word of warning is that the language in the Finger-Eater is very traditional in style and phrases like: "a useful tool with which her father was wont to draw stones..." required a bit if explanation. Nonetheless, a really engaging story and perfect for those children looking to make their first steps into the wonderful world of 'real' books.
By S. Bashir
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love this book. It's a classic, I loved it and now my nieces and nephews love it as well :D
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Amanda
Format:Paperback
It was a hilarious book.... but there was some downfalls
1.When I looked at it I thought tere was more than one story and the main one was the
finger eater.
2.It was a bit to short for my taste.
3.I was thinking that Gudrun was going to make friends with Elf and stop the finger-eater.
Afterall it was quite a good story this is its good-points:
1.It was a good story very discustingly exciting all the tricks were realy exiting and sometimes weird!!!
at the trick that defeated the finger eater I thought it was a trick of Elf's evil ones.
Amandas sons reveiw name:Daniel AGE:8 1/4
1.When I looked at it I thought tere was more than one story and the main one was the
finger eater.
2.It was a bit to short for my taste.
3.I was thinking that Gudrun was going to make friends with Elf and stop the finger-eater.
Afterall it was quite a good story this is its good-points:
1.It was a good story very discustingly exciting all the tricks were realy exiting and sometimes weird!!!
at the trick that defeated the finger eater I thought it was a trick of Elf's evil ones.
Amandas sons reveiw name:Daniel AGE:8 1/4
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