Tingleberries, Tuckertubs and Telephones

Margaret Mahy. Puffin Books, $4.99 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-14-038973-9

A shy boy finds love and ice cream when his spry granny goes off to fight her nemesis, a theatrical pirate out to steal a golden telephone. ""As zippy--and often as alliterative--as its title,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Jan.)

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