My Dad's a Birdman
A funny, tender tale about grief and hope for ages 8, 9, 10, 11 from a master storyteller, author of SKELLIG
$16.69
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2015
Summary
Join a father and daughter as they find their wings together and take to the skies in this funny, tender tale from the master of contemporary storytelling.
A warm and wonderfully wacky tale told with heart and hope by the Carnegie award winning author David Almond. Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It’s just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie’s spellings and tell Dad he’s daft – and make them nice hot dumplings. But today ther…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781406354409 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1406354406 |
| Author: | David Almond, Polly Dunbar |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 122mm x 196mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
It’s a story about love and it gives the reader a wonderful sense of joy about what it means to be alive. You will have read nothing else quite like it. – Independent Bookshop Week supplement * The Guardian *
David Almond
David Almond is the acclaimed author of Skellig, winner of the Whitbread Children’s Award and the Carnegie Medal; Kit’s Wilderness, winner of the Smarties Award Silver Medal, Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Guardian Award; and The Fire-Eaters, winner of the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Gold Award and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David has also collaborated with Polly Dunbar on the highly acclaimed My Dad’s a Birdman and The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon, and with Dave McKean on The Savage, Slog’s Dad and Mouse Bird Snake Wolf. David lives in Hexham, Northumberland.
Polly Dunbar is a major star in the picture-book firmament. She is the author-illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie, and the illustrator of Shoe Baby, written by her mother, Joyce Dunbar. Her best-selling book Penguin has won numerous awards including the Book Trust Early Years Award 2007, the Nestle Silver Children’s Book Prize 2007, the Practical Pre-School Award 2007 and the Red House Children’s Book of the Year Award 2008, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her collection of titles beginning with Hello Tilly have been made into an animated series, Tilly and Friends, currently airing on CBeebies. Polly lives in Brighton, Sussex.
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