Thumbelina - Softcover

Falloon, Jane

 
9781844584710: Thumbelina

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A sensitive retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale, exquisitely rendered in watercolors by Emma Chichester Clark. A tiny girl, born in a flower, is seized in the night by an ugly toad?and so begins the fantastic journey of Thumbelina. Jane Falloon's graceful retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy story retains all the magic of the original, while Thumbelina's miniature world is brought to life in Emma Chichester Clark's richly detailed watercolors. Award-winner Emma Chichester Clark has written and illustrated many highly praised books for children, including I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award; Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo?; It Was You, Blue Kangaroo!; Cunning Cat Tales; and Little Miss Muffet’s Count-Along Surprise.

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Jane Falloon is a graduate of Cambridge University and an English teacher. She was also a professional singer for some years. She is now a writer, living in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Emma Chichester Clark studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art where she was taught by Quentin Blake. She has worked as a freelance illustrator for various magazines including New Scientist, Cosmopolitan and The Sunday Times. Emma won the Mother Goose Award in 1988 as the most exciting newcomer to children's book illustration. Since then she has become internationally renowned for her illustrations of books by such well-known authors as Margaret Mahy, Roald Dahl and Anne Fine. I Love You, Blue Kangeroo! was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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9781862051690: THUMBELINA

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ISBN 10:  1862051690 ISBN 13:  9781862051690
Verlag: Chrysalis Children's Books, 1998
Softcover