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Patrick Benson

    Patrick Benson is een gevierd kinderboekillustrator wiens werk wordt gewaardeerd om zijn speelse geest en warmte. Zijn kenmerkende stijl brengt personages tot leven en spreekt lezers van alle leeftijden aan. Zijn illustraties sieren een breed scala aan geliefde verhalen en voegen een unieke visuele charme toe aan elk verhaal.

    Little Penguin
    The Minpins
    Christmas Stories
    North
    Soon
    Owl babies
    • Soon

      • 40bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      From Patrick Benson, the illustrator of Owl Babies, comes the read-aloud story of Raju the baby elephant and his mummy who set out on a great jungle adventure. Raju follows his mother, holding tightly onto her tail, as they bravely journey across a wide river, battle the tall grass and delve into the deep, dark forest ... meeting snapping crocodiles, slithering snakes and ferocious tigers along the way. But where are Raju and his mummy going? What will they see in the end? Little tired Raju keeps asking, "When can we go home again?" and, each time, his mummy replies, “Soonâ€. This lyrical story transports readers to the lush, wild Indian jungle and exquisitely captures the fear and excitement of new experience.Please ask if you need a specific version. The data provided here may not be correct. With buying and not asking you are accepting the book as is.

      Soon2015
      4,6
    • North

      The Greatest Animal Journey on Earth

      • 56bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      This is a book full of creatures: birds, fish and mammals. They are all embarking on one long, intense journey that will take them across oceans and continents, for thousands of miles - braving predators, starvation and extreme weather conditions - to reach the very top of the world.

      North2011
      4,4
    • Little Penguin

      • 36bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      Comparing herself to the larger Emperor penguins, Pip the Adélie penguin feels unhappy with her size until an encounter with a huge sperm whale puts things in a different perspective for her.

      Little Penguin1997
      3,6
    • Toad of Toad Hall has his finest hour - in the final volume of William Horwood's bestselling Tales of the Willows sequence.

      The Willows and Beyond1997
      4,4
    • Christmas Stories

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories This heart-warming collection of festive short stories and novellas perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas. Focused on the journeys taken through life and the inherent goodness of mankind, these tales explore the true meaning of Christmas and revel in the joyful season of goodwill. Imbued with a moral message, Dickens s writing gives a voice to the plight of working-class families during a period of social and political change in Victorian England. With such tales as The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth and What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older, this is a beautiful collection for Dickens fans, and a wonderful companion for all those who cherish A Christmas Carol ."

      Christmas Stories1997
      4,2
    • The Willows In Winter

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      This is a re-creation of the much-loved world of Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows. William Horwood, author of the Duncton trilogies, brings to life the characters of Badger, Water Rat, Mole and Toad.

      The Willows In Winter1995
      4,1
    • A story in which three baby owls wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, until at last she returns and they bounce up and down with joy. Illustrated by Patrick Benson in full colour.

      Owl babies1994
      4,4
    • From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda! Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, he does exactly that! There Billy meets the amazing Minpins, tiny people who live inside the hollow trees. But the Minpins are in danger. The terrible, galloping Gruncher stalks the forest, and the Minpins are disappearing in their thousands. Can Billy find a way to destroy the hungry beast, once and for all--or will it gobble him up too?

      The Minpins1993
      3,9