The Carpet People

Illustrated Edition

By: Terry Pratchett

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Hardcover | 1 October 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Over a decade before his first Discworld novel in 1983, Terry Pratchett wrote a children's novel called The Carpet People. It featured a tribe of tiny beings, the Munrungs, living in a flat world known as The Carpet. When the tribal village is destroyed in an event known only as 'Fray' they are forced on a quest to find a new home.

Previously described as "The Lord of the Rings on a Rug", The Carpet People shows some of the earliest conceptual and stylistic hints of Pratchett's later Discworld novels. He re-wrote the book in 1991 after his work was more widely known and this new addition has been updated further with a number of Pratchett's own illustrations. Marketed primarily at serious Pratchett fans and collectors, The Illustrated Carpet People is still a wonderfully whimsical and entertaining children's book that will delight young readers every bit as much as we overgrown Discworld tragics.

Reviewed by Richard Bilkey, Booktopia Buzz Editor

Product Description

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet... That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even if they don't really believe it). But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls - and of two Munrung brothers, who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened... First written by Terry Pratchett, aged 17, and revised by the internationally acclaimed author at the age of 43, this edition now includes 2 x 8 page sections of Terry's own full colour illustrations for the book.

Industry Reviews

Only a writer with a masterstroke of imagination could place an entire empire of goodies and baddies within the fronds of a carpet * Daily Mail *
Mouth-watering attention to names and place names... adding greatly to the story's enjoyment factor. The story itself - part saga, legend and adventure - swings along at a fair old clatter. Terry Pratchett's writing is vivid and immediate. He wastes no time. There is little padding. The swiftness of the storyline is everything.... For young readers unaware of Pratchett's oeuvre, The Carpet People is a fine introduction * The Junior Bookshelf *
Wacky, weird stuff which should make you think twice about crossing the living room! * TV Hits Magazine *
It's a winner * School Librarian *

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