The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN''S BOOK AWARD

Name: The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN''S BOOK AWARD
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781408882191
Price: 11.89 EUR
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English

By (author): Katherine Rundell

Illustrated by: Hannah Horn

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ Winner of the Children's Book Prize Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2017 Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year _______________ 'I loved The Explorer' - Jacqueline Wilson 'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' - Philip Pullman 'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail _______________ From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him. As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small. Except, it seems, someone has been there before them See more

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Weight: 370g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 02 Jan 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781408882191

About Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author whose novels for children include Rooftoppers The Wolf Wilder The Explorer and The Good Thieves. She has won the Costa Childrens Book Award the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize amongst many others. She was a 2021 World Book Day author and has also published two picture books for children and three non-fiction books for adults including Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize and The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure shortlisted for the 2022 Waterstones Book of the Year. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College. As well as writing she studies Renaissance literature and occasionally goes climbing on the rooftops late at night. Hannah Horn is a UK-based artist who specialises in illustration paint and printmaking. Born in Aberdeen Hannah studied fashion illustration at the London College of Fashion. In her career thus far she has produced work for a diverse range of projects including fashion print skateboarding brands and album artwork. The Explorer is her first children's fiction illustration project.