Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus (and joined the library): 1 - Softcover

Harrold, A.F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408830035 ISBN 13: 9781408830031

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2012

Synopsis

'There are many boys in the world, all slightly different from one another, and most of them are referred to by names. These are often John or Jack or Desmond, but sometimes they are James or Philip or Simon. Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.'

Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night, he's the only kid there - and he's bored. But then Fizz decides to join a library, and life suddenly gets a lot more exciting, when a simple library card application leads to him being kidnapped by a pair of crazed pensioners! Will he ever see the circus again?

About this title

About the Authors

A.F. Harrold (1975 - present) is an English poet and children's author. Some of the things he makes (books, poems, faces) are funny, some are strange, some are sad, and many of them involve the privilege of working with amazing illustrators. He often visits schools, reading poems and running workshops and juggling ideas.

He is the owner of many books, a handful of hats, a few good ideas and one beard. He lives in Reading with a stand-up comedian and two cats.

Sarah grew up in Derbyshire and spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Sarah has illustrated for many different projects including an ad campaign for Kew Gardens, assignments from the Guardian and Independent newspapers, and character design for Sesame Street and IKEA. Sarah now specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's fiction and picture books. She loves funny detail, nature, colour, music and wide open spaces.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408830035
• ISBN 13: 9781408830031
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Horne Sarah
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256