Up with Birds! - Hardcover
A witty explanation of how birds came to fly. The aptly named Fflyte family find birds a real nuisance as does everyone else for there is simply not enough room for them all on the ground. It is only when Mr Fflyte invents a flying machine that thebirds learn to fly. The machine, made out of bicycles, balloons and material wings covered with feathers, resembles the birds themselves and they soon copy its actions. Eventually all the birds, except the penguins, learn how to fly.
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"A little longer than most picture book texts, this witty, original "pourqoui "tale is a captivating story, particularly in combination with Blake's free-spirited and often amusing ink-and-watercolor artwork... a pleasure to read aloud." --"Booklist"
About the Author:
John Yeoman attended Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School and began a fruitful collaboration with fellow student, Quentin Blake. He read English at Cambridge and embarked on a teaching career.
Quentin Blake has illustrated hundreds of children's books and is well-known for his creative association with Roald Dahl. He won the Greenaway Medal for MR MAGNOLIA.
Both Quentin Blake and John Yeoman live in London.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0241137799
- ISBN 13 9780241137796
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorBlake Quentin
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UP WITH BIRDS
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Puffin, London
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0241137799
ISBN 13: 9780241137796
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Quentin Bell (illustrator). 1st Edition. This new, unread, copy is bound in illustrated laminated boards, A dust wrapper is not called for. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Birds are everywhere - except in the air! Filling up the streets and houses, they're getting under everybody's feet. It's havoc and the Fflyte family have had enough of it. Then Mr Fflyte, handyman about town, comes up with a brilliant invention. Ref UUU T. Seller Inventory # 031404
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