The Queen's Nose

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The Queen's Nose is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Jill Bennett. Set in England, where King-Smith lived, it features a girl who can use a fifty pence coin to make wishes. When the book was reprinted in 1994 publishers HarperTrophy commissioned a new cover art illustrated by Michael Koelsch.[1] The book was adapted into the 1995 TV series The Queen's Nose, which ran for 7 series.[2]

Plot

The book by Dick King-Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10-year-old girl who wants an animal of her own, but this is not allowed by her parents, who think that animals are dirty. Harmony has a 15-year-old sister, Melody, who spends most of her time looking in a mirror. Harmony's best friend is a toy dog, Rex Ruff Monty.

Harmony believes that animals are more interesting than people, and so she pictures the people she meets as animals; her father is a sea lion, her mother a Pouter pigeon and her sister a Siamese cat.

She receives a magic 50p coin from her uncle Ginger, which grants her seven wishes whenever she rubs the side of the coin that Queen Elizabeth II's nose is pointed at.

Releases

Audio books

Book Year Published Cover Picture Notes
The Queen's Nose: Cassette Tape[3] November 1988    
The Queen's Nose: Cavalcade story cassettes[4] 17 June 1996 Various characters standing on a fifty pence.  
The Queen's Nose: Audio Download[5] 5 December 2008 Rabbit  

Books

Book Year Published Cover Picture Notes
The Queen's Nose[6] 10 February 1983 A Girl with a bear Hardback
Original 1st Edition.
The Queen's Nose[7] 1983 A Girl with a bear Hardback
1st American edition.
The Queen's Nose[8] March 1984 A Girl with a bear Hardback
Second Impression.
The Queen's Nose[9] April 1985 A Girl with a bear. Library Binding.
The Queen's Nose[10] 28 November 1985 A Rabbit. Paperback Original Book by Dick King-Smith
Re-released a number of times.
The Queen's Nose[11] 1989 Unknown Hard Cover Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[12] September 1994 Michael Koelsch[1] Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[13] 26 October 1995 A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a rabbit. Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return[14] 29 October 1996 A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a hamster. Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
Queen's Nose: Harmony's Holiday[15] 31 October 1998 A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a duck. Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose[16] 1996 Unknown Paperback TV Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[17] 1 November 2002 Unknown Paperback Re-print in Large Print.
The Queen's Nose[18] 17 January 2005 A Rabbit Paperback Re-print.

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External links

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