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Description
The sheep on the hillside were munching away, Much as they always did, day after day, When suddenly something went ZOOM! overhead. "Let's go and see what it is!" they all said. And so begins a ripping, round-the-world adventure as the sheep take to skies in a magnificent yellow flying machine...
Roald Dahl Funny Prize Winner, Peter Bently, teams up with Smarties Gold Award Winner David Roberts, in this rip-roaring wooly adventure.
About the Author
Peter Bently (Author) Peter Bently grew up in an army family and went to ten different schools. He studied languages at Oxford and worked as a journalist and non-fiction book editor before becoming a children's author. He is the author of more than seventy books, including Cats Ahoy!, which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and King Jack and the Dragon, which was an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year.David Roberts (Illustrator) David Roberts is an award-winning illustrator. After graduating, he worked as a milliner and a fashion illustrator, but always felt his true calling was in children's books. He has collaborated with some of Britain's finest children's authors, including Julia Donaldson, Sally Gardner, Philip Ardagh and Jacqueline Wilson. He is also the creator of the popular Dirty Bertie books. He lives in London with his husband. He has been twice-shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 2006 he won the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award.
Reviews
"A total pleasure" * Independent on Sunday *
"Bently's award-winning chaotic humour is perfectly matched by David Roberts' eccentric and beautifully detailed illustrations" * Daily Mail *
"Illustrator David Roberts blends caricature and an elegant style to suit both the silliness and the 1920s setting" * Sunday Times *
"I love this author/illustrator pairing . . . Stylish and funny with a fantastic read-aloud text" * Children's Previews, The Bookseller *
"David Roberts' illustrations are sublime" -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783441587
Author Peter Bently
Format Paperback
Page Count 32
Imprint Andersen Press Ltd
Publisher Andersen Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 196g
Dimensions(mm) 283mm * 242mm * 4mm
Roald Dahl Funny Prize Winner, Peter Bently, teams up with Smarties Gold Award Winner David Roberts, in this rip-roaring wooly adventure.
About the Author
Peter Bently (Author) Peter Bently grew up in an army family and went to ten different schools. He studied languages at Oxford and worked as a journalist and non-fiction book editor before becoming a children's author. He is the author of more than seventy books, including Cats Ahoy!, which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and King Jack and the Dragon, which was an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year.David Roberts (Illustrator) David Roberts is an award-winning illustrator. After graduating, he worked as a milliner and a fashion illustrator, but always felt his true calling was in children's books. He has collaborated with some of Britain's finest children's authors, including Julia Donaldson, Sally Gardner, Philip Ardagh and Jacqueline Wilson. He is also the creator of the popular Dirty Bertie books. He lives in London with his husband. He has been twice-shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 2006 he won the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award.
Reviews
"A total pleasure" * Independent on Sunday *
"Bently's award-winning chaotic humour is perfectly matched by David Roberts' eccentric and beautifully detailed illustrations" * Daily Mail *
"Illustrator David Roberts blends caricature and an elegant style to suit both the silliness and the 1920s setting" * Sunday Times *
"I love this author/illustrator pairing . . . Stylish and funny with a fantastic read-aloud text" * Children's Previews, The Bookseller *
"David Roberts' illustrations are sublime" -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783441587
Author Peter Bently
Format Paperback
Page Count 32
Imprint Andersen Press Ltd
Publisher Andersen Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 196g
Dimensions(mm) 283mm * 242mm * 4mm
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