The Queen's Nose

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.[2] The book was adapted into the 1995 TV series The Queen's Nose, which ran for 7 series.[3]

This article is about the novel. For the television series, see The Queen's Nose (TV series).

The Queen's Nose
First edition
AuthorDick King-Smith
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherGollancz
Publication date
10 February 1983
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages111pp (first edition)
ISBN0-06-023245-5
ISBN 978-0-06-023245-0
ISBN 0-06-023246-3
ISBN 978-0-06-023246-7
OCLC11624157
LC ClassPZ7.K5893 Qe 1983 [1]

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
BookYear PublishedCover PhotoNotes
The Queen's Nose: Cassette Tape[4]November 1988  
The Queen's Nose: Cavalcade story cassettes[5] 17 June 1996 Various characters standing on a fifty pence.  
The Queen's Nose: Audio Download[6] 5 December 2008 Rabbit  

Books
BookYear PublishedCover PhotoNotes
The Queen's Nose[7]10 February 1983A Girl with a bearHardback
Original 1st Edition.
The Queen's Nose[8]1983A Girl with a bearHardback
1st American edition.
The Queen's Nose[9]March 1984A Girl with a bearHardback
Second Impression.
The Queen's Nose[10]April 1985A Girl with a bear.Library Binding.
The Queen's Nose[11]28 November 1985A Rabbit.Paperback Original Book by Dick King-Smith
Re-released a number of times.
The Queen's Nose[12]1989UnknownHard Cover Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[13]September 1994Michael Koelsch[14]Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[15]26 October 1995A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a rabbit.Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return[16]29 October 1996A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a hamster.Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
Queen's Nose: Harmony's Holiday[17]31 October 1998A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a duck.Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose[18]1996UnknownPaperback TV Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose[19]1 November 2002UnknownPaperback Re-print in Large Print.
The Queen's Nose[20]17 January 2005A RabbitPaperback Re-print.

References
  1. "The queen's nose" (first U.S. edition). LCC record. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. King-Smith, Dick (1994). The queen's nose. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : HarperTrophy. ISBN 978-0-06-440450-1.
  3. "The Queen's Nose Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. King-Smith, Dick (1988). The Queen's Nose. Chivers Children's Audio Books. ISBN 0-7451-8583-5.
  5. King-Smith, Dick (1996). The Queen's Nose: Complete & Unabridged (Cavalcade story cassettes)[Audiobook] [Hardcover]. BBC Audiobooks Ltd. ISBN 0-86220-067-9.
  6. King-Smith, Dick (2008). The Queen's Nose (Unabridged) [Audio Download]. AudioGO Ltd. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  7. King-Smith, Dick (1983). The Queen's Nose. Gollancz. ISBN 0-06-023245-5. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  8. King-Smith, Dick (1983). The Queen's Nose. Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-023245-5. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  9. King-Smith, Dick (1984). The Queen's Nose. Gollancz. ISBN 0-06-023245-5. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  10. King-Smith, Dick (1985). The Queen's Nose. Harpercollins. ISBN 0-06-023246-3. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  11. King-Smith, Dick (1985). The Queen's Nose. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-031838-0.
  12. King-Smith, Dick (1989). The Queen's Nose. Gollancz. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  13. King-Smith, Dick (1994). The Queen's Nose. Trophy Pr. ISBN 0-06-440450-1.
  14. King-Smith, Dick (1994). The queen's nose. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : HarperTrophy. ISBN 978-0-06-440450-1.
  15. King-Smith, Dick (1995). The Queen's Nose. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-037798-0.
  16. Attridge, Steve (1996). The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-038957-1.
  17. Attridge, Steve (1998). The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return. Puffin Books. ISBN 0-14-038498-7.
  18. King-Smith, Dick (1996). The Queen's Nose. Puffin. ISBN 0-14-037798-0. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  19. King-Smith, Dick (2002). The Queen's Nose. Galaxy. ISBN 0-7540-7832-9.
  20. King-Smith, Dick (2005). The Queen's Nose. Puffin. ISBN 0-14-131823-6.

The Queen's Nose in libraries (WorldCat catalog) —immediately, first US edition

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