Mahy, Margaret  (1936–2012) <br/><br/>
The birthday burglar & a very wicked headmistress / 
Margaret Mahy Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain 
 - Published in 1993 
 - Boston :  A Beech Tree Paperback Book,  1993. 
 - 136 pages :  illustrations ;  20cm 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780688124700 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's literature<br/>Children's
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.M2773 
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