Oliver Jeffers

Up and Down

Illustrator: Jeffers, Oliver

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Produktbeschreibung

A penguin has wings for a reason . . . doesn't he? Here is one penguin who believes this is precisely what he needs to feel complete, in this long-awaited companion to "Lost and Found." Full color.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Seitenzahl: 40
• Altersempfehlung: 3 bis 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 273mm x 268mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9780399255458
• ISBN-10: 0399255451
• Artikelnr.: 29920259

Autorenporträt

Oliver Jeffers (www.oliverjeffersworld.com) makes art and tells stories. His books include How to Catch a Star; Lost and Found, which was the recipient of the prestigious Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award in the U.K. and was later adapted into an award-winning animated film; The Way Back Home; The Incredible Book Eating Boy; The Great Paper Caper; The Heart and the Bottle, which was made into a highly acclaimed iPad application narrated by Helena Bonham Carter; Up and Down, the New York Times bestselling Stuck; The Hueys in the New Sweater, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and This Moose Belongs to Me, a New York Times bestseller. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Rezensionen

"Full of heart" Irish Times

"Visually witty, poignant and spare, it is sure to stoke the author's huge popularity" Culture, Sunday Times

"Jeffers's minimalist style enhances this touching and funny story about friendship, and even though the illustrations are so spare, they convey beautifully the emotions of the characters and contain little details which children will love" School Librarian

"Touching" Daily Express

"A lovely story about friendship and caring" The Independent on Sunday