- Published: 4 January 2007
- ISBN: 9781407031811
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 3 hr 10 min
- Narrator: Tony Robinson
- RRP: $23.00
The Carpet People
- Published: 4 January 2007
- ISBN: 9781407031811
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 3 hr 10 min
- Narrator: Tony Robinson
- RRP: $23.00
For readers who are attracted to epic but not quite ready for the weightiness of Tolkien, this is a perfect entrée; for those who have loved or will love Pratchett, it’s simply a must read.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
The perfect starting place for young readers . . . seasoned Pratchett fans will just revel in his wit, his subversion of tropes and his sense of humanity.
Kirkus
The story is inventive in its carefully worked-out central conceit, often very funny, and dotted with some genuinely scary bits.
Publishers Weekly
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
A unique piece of high fantasy . . . Now very witty and politically aware in its revised version with the new ending
Vector
Mouth-watering attention to names and place names add greatly to the story's enjoyment factor.The story itself - part saga, legend and adventure - swings along at a fair old clatter. Terry Pratchett's writing is vivid and immediate . . . For young readers unaware of Pratchett's oeuvre, The Carpet People is a fine introduction
Junior Bookshelf
The concept is fascinating and is told with Pratchett's customary wit plus touches of cynicism. It's a winner
The School Librarian
Carpets are never the same once you've read this . . . Terry Pratchett's carpet empire is an enchanting and insightful commentary on how different people in any worlds interact.
The Observer
I feel it’s a new dimension in imagination and the prose is beautiful. It is exciting and adventurous.
The Irish Times
Mouth-watering attention to names and place names... adding greatly to the story's enjoyment factor. The story itself - part saga, legend and adventure - swings along at a fair old clatter. Terry Pratchett's writing is vivid and immediate. He wastes no time. There is little padding. The swiftness of the storyline is everything.... For young readers unaware of Pratchett's oeuvre, The Carpet People is a fine introduction
The Junior Bookshelf
Wacky, weird stuff which should make you think twice about crossing the living room!
TV Hits Magazine
It's a winner
School Librarian