Edward Ardizzone was een Engelse kunstenaar, schrijver en illustrator, voornamelijk erkend voor zijn boeiende kinderboeken. Zijn werk onderscheidt zich door een unieke artistieke gevoeligheid en een verhalende aanpak die zowel jonge lezers als volwassenen aanspreekt. Ardizzone creëerde werelden die resoneren met verbeelding en warmte. Zijn bijdragen aan kinderliteratuur en -illustratie hebben zijn nalatenschap als een belangrijke figuur op dit gebied gevestigd.
Sofie woont in een landhuis met meneer Frank en de huishoudster. Op een dag ontmoeten ze Tim en besluiten te gaan varen tot ze te maken krijgen met een bende kapers. Prentenboek met vlotte, ingekleurde pentekeningen. Vanaf ca. 5 jaar.
Bored with his schoolwork, Tim is longing to be at sea again when who should appear but his old friend, Captain McFee! On board ship, Tim befriends Ginger, the first ship' s boy. When mischievous Ginger gets into trouble, Tim must use all of his resourcefulness to come to the rescue.
Tim and Ginger are working cabin boys on the S.S. Royal Fusilier when they find a puppy in one of the lifeboats. They decide to call him Towser and smuggle him on board, avoiding the watchful eyes of Captain Piper, who hates dogs. But as time goes on, Towser grows bigger and bigger...
Mr Potter is a proud shopkeeper with a busy shop, until one day a big superstore opens across the street. The new store has a delivery service so Mr Potter employs an old little horse bus to deliver his wares. But when the superstore's delivery cart is stolen there is only one little horse bus to save the day!
Tim arrives home after a long holiday to find that his parents have vanished. He is determined to search, if necessary, the whole wide world, until he has found them. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal
Eager to go to sea, Tim and his friend Ginger are delighted to join the Claribel on a voyage, but when disaster strikes, the boys have to help out, Tim on the bridge and Ginger in the galley.
A young boy wants to be a sailor, but his parents say he is much too young. Tim grabs the chance to stow away on a steamer, but little does he expect the hard work, stormy sea and sinking ship to come.
This collection of de la Mare's poetry, in print since its first publication in 1913, has fostered in generations of children a lifelong love of language. Full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
A beautifully illustrated picture book filled with fun and memories from Dylan Thomas's own childhood. Age 8+
The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
The incorrigible Brown children, who devour nannies, nurse-maids, and governesses, finally meet their match.
