Uncle (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by New York Review Books, New York, 2017
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. If you think Babar is the only storybook elephant with a cult following, then you havent met Uncle, the presiding pachyderm of a wild fictional universe that has been collecting accolades from children and adults for going on fifty years. Unimaginably rich, invariably swathed in a magnificent purple dressing-gown, Uncle oversees a vast ramshackle castle full of friendly kooks while struggling to fend off the sneak attacks of the incorrigible (and ridiculous) Badfort Crowd. Each Uncle story introduces a new character from Uncles madcap world: Signor Guzman, careless keeper of the oil lakes; Noddy Ninety, an elderly train conductor and the oldest student of Dr. Lyres Select School for Young Gentlemen; the proprietors of Cheapmans Store (where motorbikes are a halfpenny each) and Dearmans Store (where the price of an old milk jug goes up daily); along with many others. But for every delightful friend of Uncle, there is a foe who is no less deliriously wicked. Luckily the misbegotten schemes of the Badfort Crowd are no match for Uncles superior wits. Quentin Blakes quirky illustrations are the perfect complement to J.P. Martins stories, each one of a perfect length for bedtime reading. Lovers of Roald Dahl and William Steig will rejoice in Uncles wonderfully bizarre and happy world, where the good guys always come out on top, and once a year, everybody, good and bad, sits down together for an enormous Christmas feast. Relates various adventures of Uncle, the millionaire elephant, who rules over the kingdom of Homeward while wearing a purple dressing gown. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Uncle (Paperback)
- Author
- J.P. Martin
- Publisher
- New York Review Books, New York
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1681371855
- ISBN 13
- 9781681371856
- Illustrator
- Blake, Quentin
Quentin Blake's quirky illustrations are the perfect complement to J.P. Martin's stories, each one of a perfect length for bedtime reading. Lovers of Roald Dahl and William Steig will rejoice in Uncle's wonderfully bizarre and happy world, where the good guys always come out on top, and once a year, everybody, good and bad, sits down together for an enormous Christmas feast.
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About the Author
Quentin Blake is one of the most celebrated children's book illustrators working today, having illustrated more than three hundred books by such authors as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken,
and Roald Dahl. A prolific writer of books for children himself, Blake was appointed the first Children's Laureate of England in 1999.
Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and graphic novels. Among his works are the children's books Coraline, The Wolves in the Walls, and The Day I Swapped My
Dad for Two Goldfish; the Sandman graphic novel series; and the fantasy novels Stardust and Neverwhere. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.
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