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Biografisk notat
Michael Foreman OBE is one of the most talented and popular creators of children's books today. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal two times and has been the UK nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award twice. His highly acclaimed books are published all over the world. He is married and has three sons. He divides his time between St Ives in Cornwall and London.Brilliant illustration is supported by very well handled language to produce a book both delightful and thought-provoking.
Books For Keeps
Abundant thrills for bedtime reading and listening.
Publisher's Weekly
You can practically smell the salt and feel the spray of the sea on your face . . . an enjoyable bedtime story for drifting off to.
- Keith Dudhnath, TheBookBag.co.uk
Michael Foreman lets his imagination, and his extraordinary art, set off out to sea as he brings a grandfather's exaggerations into a mind-set of perhaps reality. A charming story.
The School Librarian
Jack's grandfather tells tales so tall that the other children say they must be made up. Jack thinks they are too, until the night Grandfather takes him on an incredible trip in his boat - and then Jack doesn't know what to believe...