To The Times Literary Supplement on 27 December 1941, 'This most amusing fantasy' won pride of place in a review of many juveniles, but purely as comedy. When they discover the countries under the Earth they are divided and sent to the warring kingdoms of the Fattypuffs and the Thinifers.

Göbekistan ve Kemikistan isimli ülkeler arasındaki çatışmalar ve bu gerilimin ortasında kalan biri sıska biri şişko iki kardeş ana temayı oluşturuyor. Some of the references and phrasing may be a touch outdated but many children will still be enthralled.He died during 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories. The Thinifers on the other hand are stick-thin workaholics who rarely eat and inhabit a world of thin spires, narrow laneways and travel to and fro on thin railway lines. An adorable little satire with two message that are just as relevant now as they were almost a hundred years ago.

To my great fortune, I recently happened across a passing reference by someone on the internet about the book (in a totally different context) and was able to finally obtain the author's name, an accurate title, and an ISBN for this jewel of an allegorical children's book.

I would also check out: How to Live Forever (though that is more for 2-6 years) by Colin Thompson, The House That Sailed Away by Pat Hutchins and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster(all of which I have also reviewed). miserable-thin war and perfect for adults who can examine the true-to-life subtext, all while reading a too-short and much loved classic. Overall, a nice, funny little book about skinny people and fat people destroying each other's countries.

The Fattypuffs live lives of leisure and love eating and relaxing where the Thinifers love exercise and eating little. Suitable for children from 6 through 99, it is one of those books that every well-read and reflectively intelligent individuial should have in his or her library.Surprised and delighted to find this book still available - a teacher read it to us way back in 1950ish and I see now that it has political overtones which escaped me when I was a child. Sadly there are no jokes about lean manufacturing, but the old line about generals always preparing to re-fight the last war is deployed in a kind of Maginot line situation the full figures of the Fattypuffs mean they cannot swiftly get out from their special curved trenches, but as can be the case defeat in war allows for victory in defeat. Although I understand that a copy of the first English edition of this book is now rare and somewhat valuable, even without a dust wrapper, the book in my hands at the moment is, quite simply, one of my absolute favourites from a very early point in my life. Was trying (and failing) to come up with the title recently, but just now a Goodreads friend has happened to "like" a review of what must certainly be the correct book. A Gulliver's Travels for the younger mind, certainly took a few decades off me when I read it again !