Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas Present - Hardcover

Burningham John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0744525748 ISBN 13: 9780744525748

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

One Christmas Eve, Father Christmas returns home after a hard evening's present delivering. Having put his reindeer to bed, he is just about to go to sleep himself, when he makes a distressing discovery: there is still one present left in his sack. It is for Harvey Slumfenberger, a poor boy whom Father Christmas knows only ever gets one present - the one that Father Christmas brings him. So, tired as he is, Father Christmas sets out alone for Harvey Slumfenberger's home far, far away on top of the Roly Poly Mountain. But will he get there on time? The author/illustrator of this picture book, John Burningham, has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal - for "Borke: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers" (1964) and "Mr Gumpy's Outing" (1970). He has also won the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award for "Granpa" (1984). His other books include "Alphabet", "Numbers", "Colours", "Opposites" and the "Rhymetime" series.

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Review:

Gloriously funny ... The pictures are among this artist's best. * Junior Bookshelf * Amongst the highest quality picture books ... this is outstanding. * Children's Books of the Year *

About the Author:

John Burningham is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest picture book artists. With over 35 books to his name, he has twice been awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal, for Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers and Mr Gumpy’s Outing. Among his other celebrated books is Granpa, for which he was awarded the Kurt Maschler Award, and which was later made into a successful feature film. He lives in London. Find him online at www.johnburningham.com and on Twitter as @john_burningham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0744525748
• ISBN 13: 9780744525748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48