Author(s): Dianne Hofmeyr,Jude Daly
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 2008-09-01
Dimensions: 232 x 272 x 12mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
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When a sailor can't bear life on ship any more, he jumps overboard and swims to a big barren rock. There he cares for a half-drowned cockerel and plants rice, hiding away when a boat arrives. The sailors are amazed to see rice growing and keep coming back, leaving plants and game-birds, until the island bursts with tropical fruit and wildlife. But soon the Queen of Portugal hears about it and demands to meet the person responsible.