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. When the book was reprinted in 1994 publishers HarperTrophy commissioned a new cover art illustrated by Michael Koelsch. The book was adapted into the 1995 TV series The Queen's Nose, which 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 this is not allowed by her parents, who think that 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 that animals are more interesting than people, 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 50p coin from her uncle Ginger, which grants her seven wishes whenever she rubs the side of the coin that Queen Elizabeth II's nose is pointed at.
Releases
Books
| Book | Year Published | Cover Picture | Notes |
| The Queen's Nose | 10 February 1983 | A Girl with a bear | Hardback Original 1st Edition. |
| The Queen's Nose | 1983 | A Girl with a bear | Hardback 1st American edition. |
| The Queen's Nose | March 1984 | A Girl with a bear | Hardback Second Impression. |
| The Queen's Nose | April 1985 | A Girl with a bear. | Library Binding. |
| The Queen's Nose | 28 November 1985 | A Rabbit. | Paperback Original Book by Dick King-Smith Re-released a number of times. |
| The Queen's Nose | 1989 | Unknown | Hard Cover Re-print. |
| The Queen's Nose | September 1994 | Michael Koelsch | Paperback Re-print. |
| The Queen's Nose | 26 October 1995 | A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a rabbit. | Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition |
| The Queen's Nose: Harmony's Return | 29 October 1996 | A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a hamster. | Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition |
| Queen's Nose: Harmony's Holiday | 31 October 1998 | A picture of Victoria Shalet from the TV series with a duck. | Paperback TV Tie-in ed edition |
| The Queen's Nose | 1996 | Unknown | Paperback TV Paperback Re-print. |
| The Queen's Nose | 1 November 2002 | Unknown | Paperback Re-print in Large Print. |
| The Queen's Nose | 17 January 2005 | A Rabbit | Paperback Re-print. |