Kiki's Delivery Service
Published on 19. June 2025
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-241-72514-6 (ISBN)
Description
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this charming edition of Kiki's Delivery Service, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025.
'Everyone has some type of magic inside them. . .'
On her thirteenth birthday Kiki must decide whether she's going to leave home with her cat Jiji in tow and move to a town without another witch. She knows she has to use her magic to make a living, but Kiki's no good at potions or spells...
Can Kiki learn to control her magic and make her own way in the world?
'Everyone has some type of magic inside them. . .'
On her thirteenth birthday Kiki must decide whether she's going to leave home with her cat Jiji in tow and move to a town without another witch. She knows she has to use her magic to make a living, but Kiki's no good at potions or spells...
Can Kiki learn to control her magic and make her own way in the world?
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-72514-6 (9780241725146)
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Persons
Eiko Kadono was born in Tokyo in 1935 and after living in Brazil returned to the ancient Japanese city of Kamakura. Eiko is one of Japan's most prolific and well-known children's authors. She has written and translated over two hundred books and won many awards including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 2018. Her most famous work is Kiki's Delivery Service which was published in 1985 and made into a hugely popular anime film. Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton where he was taught to draw by his mum. He went on to get a first-class degree in illustration from the University of the West of England and is now an author and illustrator of picture books and graphic novels. His first picture book The Secret of Black Rock won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and The Comet won the Yoto Carnegies Shadowers' Choice Award. Joe lives in London.