Bringing Books to Life | The Firework-Maker’s Daughter

Based on The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman

Saira Khan reads from Philip Pullman's ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter''.

Access

Licence: ERA Licence required

Content

Type: Book Reading
Channel: BBC Two
Duration: 5'43''
Broadcast date: 2012

Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

Literary Resource

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