How I Lost My Ear - Beck, Adam
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"How I Lost My Ear is an extraordinary imaginative achievement." "Adam Beck is a master storyteller, a master of invention." "Reminds me of the best of Roald Dahl." The epic, laugh-out-loud novel from author Adam Beck and illustrator Simon Farrow. A wildly entertaining page-turner for both children and adults, to read alone or read aloud. Finalist in both the Readers' Favorite 2019 International Book Award Contest and the 2019 IAN Book of the Year Awards. Grandpa Gristle spins the story of a book-loving boy and his spiraling adventure with a state champion marching band, a moody grandmother…mehr

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"How I Lost My Ear is an extraordinary imaginative achievement." "Adam Beck is a master storyteller, a master of invention." "Reminds me of the best of Roald Dahl." The epic, laugh-out-loud novel from author Adam Beck and illustrator Simon Farrow. A wildly entertaining page-turner for both children and adults, to read alone or read aloud. Finalist in both the Readers' Favorite 2019 International Book Award Contest and the 2019 IAN Book of the Year Awards. Grandpa Gristle spins the story of a book-loving boy and his spiraling adventure with a state champion marching band, a moody grandmother with beautiful blond curls, a long-lost hero and his three-legged moose, a dancing bear, a poisonous spider, a baby-snatching owl, a shaggy yak of a man and his snapping turtle, a cold-hearted sheriff and his grinning deputy, a herd of 144 spitting llamas-and a very large, very hungry ogre.
Autorenporträt
Adam Beck worked for many years in children's theater as a director and playwright. He is the author of the award-winning humorous novel for children and adults titled How I Lost My Ear (illustrated by Simon Farrow), which critics have called "an extraordinary imaginative achievement" and compared to "the best of Roald Dahl."He is also the author of the popular books Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability and Bilingual Success Stories Around the World, both praised worldwide by parents and leaders in the field of child bilingualism for their practical and empowering approach to the bilingual aim. He is also the author of the playful "picture book for adults" titled I WANT TO BE BILINGUAL! (illustrated by Pavel Goldaev), which emphasizes the most important information parents need for realizing joyful success on a bilingual journey.In addition, he created 28 Bilingual English-Spanish Fairy Tales & Fables, a language learning resource containing short, simple texts on dual-facing English and Spanish pages. This engaging book, with online audio, is useful for any learner of Spanish or English, from kids to adults.Adam is the founder of the influential blog Bilingual Monkeys (https://bilingualmonkeys.com) and the lively forum The Bilingual Zoo (https://bilingualzoo.com). Along with his books and his online writing, he provides powerful, one-to-one support for parents raising bilingual and multilingual children through Bilingual SuperKids (https://bilingualsuperkids.com), his private coaching program.