Ufo Diary - Couverture souple

Kitamura, Satoshi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099742101 ISBN 13 : 9780099742104

Editeur : Red Fox, 1991

Synopsis

A spaceman is drifting round the Milky Way when the planet Earth catches his eye. He lands, and makes friends with a little boy who shows him round. In return, the spaceman offers the boy a ride in his space craft. This book was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize in 1989.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"The dreamlike quality of the illustrations engenders a sense of wonder." (Books for Keeps)

"Satoshi Kitamura has a gift for slow-pacing a story that allows for dreaming and wonder." (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)

"Kitamura has a very cinematic vision as an author and illustrator." (Irish Times)

"'A beautiful, quiet, respectful reminder of who we are and whence we come.'" (The Horn Book)

"Terrific" (School Librarian)

"The dreamlike quality of the illustrations engenders a sense of wonder."

Biographie de l'auteur

Satoshi Kitamura was born in 1956 in Tokyo. Not formally trained as an artist, at the age of nineteen he began to do commercial art in Japan and, later, London. He won the Mother Goose Award for his first picture book, Angry Arthur, in collaboration with Hiawyn Oram, and in 2000 was the Smarties runner-up for Me and My Cat?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Red Fox
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099742101
• ISBN 13: 9780099742104
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible