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. It was adapted as the 1995 TV series The Queen's Nose, which was a great success and ran for 7 series.

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 is not allowed by her parents, who think 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 animals are more interesting than humans 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 coin from her uncle, Ginger, that grants her seven wishes.

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Books

BookYear PublishedCover PhotoNotes
The Queen's Nose10 February 1983A Girl with a bearHardback
Original 1st Edition.
The Queen's Nose1983A Girl with a bearHardback
1st American edition.
The Queen's NoseMarch 1984A Girl with a bearHardback
Second Impression.
The Queen's NoseApril 1985A Girl with a bear.Library Binding.
The Queen's Nose28 November 1985A Rabbit.Paperback Original Book by Dick King-Smith
Re-released a number of times.
The Queen's Nose1989UnknownHard Cover Re-print.
The Queen's NoseSeptember 1994UnknownPaperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose26 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 Return29 October 1996A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a hamster.Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
Queen's Nose: Harmony's Holiday31 October 1998A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a duck.Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition
The Queen's Nose1996UnknownPaperback TV Paperback Re-print.
The Queen's Nose1 November 2002UnknownPaperback Re-print in Large Print.
The Queen's Nose17 January 2005A RabbitPaperback Re-print.