The birthday burglar ; & A very wicked headmistress
By: Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain.
Contributors: Chamberlain, Margaret, ill.; Mahy, Margaret.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: D.R. Godine
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Children's stories, New Zealand; Birthdays -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Short stories
Other titles: Birthday burglar.; Very wicked headmistress.
Description: In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatiana Taffeta seeks an affluent farmer's hand in marriage.