Another classic from Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, featuring a jam-powered frog and an eccentric headmistress ... as nutty and compulsive as ever.Fooling around as he loves to do, Tom invents a jam-powered frog, and he and his Aunt Bundlejoy Cosysweet take it out for a spin. When Captain Najork sees them hopping past his window, he and his hired sportsmen jump into their pedal-powered snake and set off in hot pursuit – bent on revenge after their earlier defeat at womble, muck and sneedball. Events, adventure and sheer craziness conspire to bring Tom and the Captain together at the local girls’ boarding school, where Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong Najork is in the middle of a best-of-three arm-wrestling contest against the Headmistress … and the Captain is finally reduced to eating swede-and-mutton slump after a very narrow escape indeed.
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Another classic from Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, featuring a jam-powered frog and an eccentric headmistress ... as nutty and compulsive as ever.
There has never been a better time for the resurrection of two classics by the Lennon and McCartney of children's books ... the pictures, classic Blake, mix vulnerability, energy and mayhem, the words always challenge and surprise -- Alex O'Connell The Times A fun, if not head-spinning tale full of names and words that are somewhat bewildering ... sure to bring enjoyment Babybuzz A hilarious madcap adventure that will delight readers young and old Yours Brilliant Juno
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781406347456
Publisert
2014-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Walker Books Ltd
Vekt
414 gr
Høyde
287 mm
Bredde
220 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
32

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Russell Hoban is the author of many famous novels, including Turtle Diary and Riddley Walker, which won the John W. Campbell Award for science fiction. He also wrote over 50 children’s books, including such classics as The Mouse and His Child, The Sea-Thing Child and, most recently, Rosie’s Magic Horse. Born in Pennsylvania in 1925, he moved in 1969 to London, where he lived until his death in 2011.

Quentin Blake is one of the world’s foremost illustrators, particularly renowned for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Michael Rosen, Joan Aiken and Roald Dahl. His books have won numerous awards, including the Whitbread Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. In 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate, in 2005 was created a CBE and in 2013 received a knighthood for his services to illustration. He lives in London, SW5.