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Author_Mick Inkpen
Author_Nick Butterworth
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Product details
- ISBN 9781444918236
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 240 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 09 Sep 2014
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A much-loved classic with a great new cover from the creators of Kipper and Percy the Park Keeper. Mick Inkpen is the libraries' ninth most borrowed author. Are you ready for the school trip? There'll be dinosaur bones and giant blue whales, buttons to press, lunches to swap and money to spend. The coach is waiting to go. But where is Matthew Tibbs? 'The charmingly comical Inkpen, as always, hits the spot.' Guardian 'Nick Butterworth is one of the best picture book writers alive.' Independent
Mick Inkpen is one of the top-selling picture book artists and writers in the world. The Kipper and Wibbly Pig stories have millions of readers worldwide. He is the winner of the British Book Award for the best illustrated book, for Lullabyhullaballoo, and the Children's Book Award for Threadbear. He's also been shortlisted for the Smarties Award three times. In addition to this, Kipper won a BAFTA for best animated children's film in 1998. After leaving school Nick Butterworth went to work as a typographic designer and formed a partnership with Mick Inkpen. As well as writing and illustrating he enjoys a freelance career in design and illustrations. He has over forty children's books to his name and is perhaps best known for Percy the Park Keeper. Albert Le Blanc was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
