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    William's New Year's Day (Short Reads)
    William's New Year's Day (Short Reads)
    William's New Year's Day (Short Reads)
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    William's New Year's Day (Short Reads)

    By Richmal Crompton

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    Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back in Richmal Crompton's William's New Year's Day.

    Just William makes his mark in this hilarious collection of twelve classic stories. Whether it's trying to arrange a marriage for his sister or taking a job as a boot boy as step one in his grand plan to run away, William manages to cause chaos wherever he goes.

    Features a charming introduction by one of William's famous fans, the wonderful comic writer Sue Townsend.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateDec 10, 2010
    ISBN9780230757820
    William's New Year's Day (Short Reads)
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    Richmal Crompton

    Richmal Crompton was born in Lancashire in 1890. The first story about William Brown appeared in Home magazine in 1919, and the first collection of William stories was published in book form three years later. In all, thirty-eight Just William books were published, the last, William the Lawless, in 1970 after Richmal Crompton’s death.

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