The Carpet People

Name: The Carpet People
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780804168274

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Stephen Briggs

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 11/05/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Children's Humor, Fantasy Stories

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The audiobook edition of the hilarious fantasy, co-written by Terry Pratchett, at age seventeen, and Terry Pratchett, at age forty-three

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet…

Now, the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and a new story: the story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet; the story of power-hungry mouls — and of two Munrung brothers who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened. It’s a story that will come to a terrible end if someone doesn’ t do something about it.

Includes a PDF of Terry Pratchett’s drawings

About The Author

Sir Terry Pratchett is the beloved and bestselling author of more than fifty novels with sales of 85 million copies (give or take a few million). In addition to his phenomenally popular Discworld series for adults, he has written several award-winning children’s books, including The Wee Free Men, Nation, and Dodger. Sir Terry was knighted for “services to literature” in 2009. He lives in England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on January 20, 2019

If Terry Pratchett's writing could be said to have an over-arching message, it is this: 1. There are better ways to do things than hitting people over the head. 2. Other people are still people, no matter how different their culture; we should respect them. His agenda of peaceful toleration is more exp......more

Goodreads review by Library of a Viking on April 05, 2021

“In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet…” The Carpet People is a story about different tribes and people living in a carpet. This story follows the uprising of the mouls, snargs and two brothers who go on an adventure. The Carpet People is Terry Pratchett first......more

Goodreads review by Catsalive on February 25, 2024

I love that this was written by Terry & Pterry: first written by the 17yo Terry & published in 1971, then tweaked a little by 43yo Pterry for re-issue in 1992. It is a children's tale, simple & straightforward, but you can see a hint of the ingredients that make up the later Wizards, Witches & Watch......more

Quotes

“Only a writer with a masterstroke of imagination could place an entire empire of goodies and baddies within the fronds of a carpet.”
–Daily Mail

“Brilliantly funny dialogue, high peaks of imagination.”
—The Times

“A passion for language, wordplay and puns bursts from the pages.”
—Daily Telegraph