My G-r-r-r-reat Uncle Tiger - Couverture souple

Riordan, Professor Of Russian Studies James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1561452289 ISBN 13 : 9781561452286

Editeur : Peachtree Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

Book by James Riordan

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

James Riordan grew up during the war. After he left school he worked as a postman, a barman, a crate stacker, a railway clerk and a double bass player before doing his national service. After demobilization he did a joint honours degree in Social Science and Russian and then spent five years in Moscow working as a translator. Back in England he lectured at Birmingham and Bradford Universities before becoming Professor of Russian at Surrey University. In 1999, he won the NASEN book award for Sweet Clarinet (OUP) His book, The Prisoner has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Alex Ayliffe is a well-known children's book illustrator, whose distinctive papercut illustrations have great child appeal. Her board book Boo Barney won the Sainsbury's Baby Book Award. She is now a firm favourite on the Orchard list for her titles with Margaret Mayo including Dig Dig Digging and Emergency.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When Marmaduke, a stripy marmalade cat, discovers a picture of a stripy orange tiger, he recognises their similarities and decides they MUST be related. Marmalade manages to talk himself and his neighbourhood cat friends into visiting the local safari park. But will his great uncle be just as he imagined...?

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Peachtree Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1561452289
• ISBN 13: 9781561452286
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Illustrateur: Ayliffe Alex