Martin Waddell

Owl Babies

Over two million copies sold - a heartwarming bedtime picture book story that comforts and reassures - also the perfect gift for birthdays, new parents and baby showers
Illustration:Benson, Patrick

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A gentle tale of three baby owls reassures young children that Mummy will always come home.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Walker Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 3406
• 1994.
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: von 3 bis 5 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 261mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 170g
• ISBN-13: 9780744531671
• ISBN-10: 0744531675
• Artikelnr.: 12647912

Autorenporträt

Born in Belfast, Martin Waddell is widely regarded as one of the greatest living children's writers, and has over 220 published titles to his name. In 2024 he became the recipient of the An Post Irish Book Awards' Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to children's literature. He is perhaps best known for Owl Babies, illustrated by Patrick Benson and Farmer Duck, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; as well as the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award-winning The Park in the Dark and the Little Bear series, both illustrated by Barbara Firth. In 2004, Martin received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his lasting contribution to children's literature, the highest career recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.

Rezensionen

Touchingly beautiful ... Drawn with exquisite delicacy ... The perfect picture book. The Guardian