Hal the Highwayman

Crebbin, June

ISBN 10: 0744590191 / ISBN 13: 9780744590197

Edité par Walker Books, Limited, 2003

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Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Hal the Highwayman
• Éditeur: Walker Books, Limited
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0744590191
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780744590197
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

A lively and engaging Starters title for beginner readers illustrated by acclaimed picture book artist Polly Dunbar, with a friendly text and stylish two-colour illustrations. Hal the Highwayman is part of Walker Starters, the wonderfully fun and friendly series for beginner readers. Hal wants to be a fearsome highwayman – but he’s very clumsy and isn’t at all scary. So he signs up for Dick Turpin’s School for Highwayman. Lessons start at once! This is a charming and witty story told through a range of writing styles, including hand-lettered speech bubbles, postcards and posters. The illustrations, which appear on every page, are lively and stylish, and play an active part in helping children understand the text.

À propos des auteurs

June grew up in a village in Leicestershire. From an early age, she wrote poems and stories in red notebooks that she bought at the post office. She recited poems to her father, who typed them out in black ink, and her name beneath in red ink. Reading was a passion: her own books, her brother's and the Victorian novels she found in the attic. Her favourite book was "The Thirteenth Orphan" by Christine Chandler. June trained as a primary school teacher at Dudley Training College, in the West Midlands. In 1990, she took early retirement in order to concentrate full-time on writing. She enjoys writing poetry, stories and picture book texts. June lives in Leicestershire in a Victorian villa with her husband, and has two grown-up sons and two grandsons. June has written over forty books that have been published in the UK and abroad. Her first drafts are always written with pencil and lots of sheets of paper. In winter she writes wrapped up in a blanket in the east wing of her house. In summer she prefers to be outside under an ancient apple tree, in the company of her rabbit, Smudge.

Polly Dunbar studied illustration at Brighton Art School and now lives and works in London. She is the daughter of the distinguished author Joyce Dunbar (who she worked with on "Shoe Baby") and is the author/illustrator of "Flyaway Katie", "Penguin" and "Dog Blue". Some of the books she has also illustrated include, "The Dragon Test", "Here’s a Little Poem" and "Lucy and the Firestone". She is known for her bold use of bright flat colour and she thinks colour is a brilliant way to cheer yourself up, and whenever she’s feeling grey, she puts on her best pink frock and paints!