'Ian Beck sees things in these quiet roads and suburbs and captures them for us and for a future time when we shall all be gone. What mysterious stillness haunts these houses! I love them all' Philip Pullman
Ian Beck Volgorde van de boeken
Ian Archibald Beck is een gevierde Engelse auteur en illustrator van kinderboeken. Zijn werken, waarvan wereldwijd meer dan een miljoen exemplaren zijn verkocht, staan bekend om hun onderscheidende visuele stijl en boeiende verhalen. Naast zijn uitgebreide bijdragen aan de kinderliteratuur is Beck ook bekend van de iconische albumhoes van Elton Johns Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, een bewijs van zijn veelzijdige artistieke talent.






- 2022
- 2012
La mystérieuse histoire de Tom Coeurvaillant
Aventurier en Herbe
" A coeur vaillant, rien d'impossible ", telle est la devise de la famille d'aventuriers Coeurvaillant. Et du courage, il va en falloir Tom. Ses six frres ont disparu, une terrible menace pse sur le Pays des Contes. Tom russira-t-il accomplir sa mission
- 2010
Tom is off on another adventure. This time he's going on a journey to the Land of Myths and Legends to rescue his father. But first he must face many dangerous creatures such as the ferocious Norse Dragon and the Cyclops. And then there's the hungry Minotaur waiting in the centre of the labyrinth . . .
- 2009
Pastworld
A mystery of the near future : a novel
Pastworld. A city within a city. A city for excursions and outings. Pastworld is a theme park with a difference, where travellers can journey back in time for a brush with an authentic Victorian past. But what if the Jack the Ripper figure stopped play-acting and really started killing people? For Caleb, a tourist from the present day, his visit goes terribly wrong when his father is kidnapped and he finds himself accused of murder. Then Caleb meets Eve, a Pastworld inhabitant who has no idea the modern world exists. Both Caleb and Eve have roles to play in the murderer's diabolical plans - roles that reveal disturbing truths about their origins.
- 2008
Lost on the Beach
- 32bladzijden
- 2 uur lezen
When Lily goes to buy an ice-cream, she leaves Teddy to guard the sandcastle. When a puppy tugs at his towel, bump goes Teddy across the sand. This is fun, he thinks - until the tide starts to come in.
- 2007
Simply told for very young children, this delightful retelling of Hans Christian Andersens's famous fairy tale has beautiful illustrations and an irresistible ugly duckling.
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
La historia secreta de Tom Trueheart
- 272bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
Historias llenas de nobles valores, de fantasía y humor, que son el mejor antídoto para los cuentos macabros y oscuros que tanto abundan en los libros para jóvenes lectores. Tom Trueheart quiere ser un héroe de verdad, al igual que sus seis hermanos mayores. Solo hay un pequeño problema: Tom no es, ni de lejos, tan valiente como ellos...






