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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan, Simon Prebble, Recorded Books

    Audiobook (Recorded Books, Aug. 18, 2004)
    In these seven interlinked stories the grown-up Peter reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality Peter experiences magical transformations when he swaps bodies with William, the family cat, the baby Kenneth and, in the final story, wakes up as a twelve-year-old inside a grown-up body and experiences the adventure of falling in love.
  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan

    Paperback (Anchor, Jan. 18, 2000)
    A delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of Booker Prize-winning, best-selling author Ian McEwan. In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan.
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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan

    language (Anchor, Aug. 3, 2011)
    A delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of Booker Prize-winning, best-selling author Ian McEwan. In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan.
  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan, Anthony Browne

    eBook (RHCP Digital, March 11, 2010)
    Peter Fortune is a daydreamer. He's a quiet ten year old who can't help himself from dropping out of reality and into the amazing world of his vivid imagination. His daydreams are fantastic and fascinating - only in the bizarre and disturbing world of dreams can he swap bodies with the family cat and his baby cousin, Kenneth, or wipe out his entire family with vanishing cream.
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  • The Daydreamer: With colour illustrations by Anthony Browne

    Ian McEwan

    Hardcover (Vintage Children's Classics, Sept. 5, 2019)
    ‘A classic’ Financial TimesThe trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much, like Peter Fortune, is that people are likely to think you are rather stupid or dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head, such as swapping bodies with a cat, or a baby; vanquishing the school bully; or discovering a mysterious cream that makes your family disappear. Peter learns that the best thing to do, if he wants people to understand him, is to write down some of the things that happen to him while he is staring out of the window or lying on his back looking at the sky. So in this book you’ll find some of those strange and wonderful adventures, written down exactly as they happened.
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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan

    Paperback (Red Fox, Oct. 1, 1995)
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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan, Anthony Browne

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1994)
    An imaginative ten-year-old boy, who is best understood by his family, recounts some of the adventures he has while daydreaming
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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan, Anthony Browne

    Paperback (Jonathan Cape Children's Books, July 6, 1994)
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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan, Anthony Browne

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Sept. 1, 1994)
    Ten-year-old Peter Fortune's extraordinary imagination is all he needs to cope with the changes associated with growing up. By the author of The Comfort of Strangers.
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  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan

    Paperback (Scholastic, July 6, 1996)
    The Daydreamer marks a delightful foray by one of our greatest novelists into a new fictional domain. In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan, and one that adds new breadth to his body of work.
  • The Daydreamer

    Ian Mcewan, Anthony Browne

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Peter Fortune, an imaginative ten-year-old boy who is best understood by his family, recounts some of the adventures he has while daydreaming. Reprint.
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  • Daydreamer, The

    Ian McEwan, Anthony Browne

    Paperback (HarperColl, June 21, 1996)
    Ten-year-old Peter Fortune has a vivid imagination. He understands just how it would feet to be a cat slinking around on soft paws, purring in the sun. He's experienced the terror and the excitement of being chased by evil dolts bent on vengeance. And he's felt the thrill of using a vanishing cream that can actually make people disappear.Peter's imagination takes him to extraordinary places. But when it takes him to the place where reality and daydreams meet, has it finally taken him too far? 1995 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE)Best Books 1994 (SLJ)100 Titles for Reading and Sharing (NY Public Library)
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