Sadderday and Funday: Feeling Better And Verse (Signed)

Andrew Fusek Peters and Polly Peters

ISBN 10: 0340894393 / ISBN 13: 9780340894392

Published by Hodder Children's Books, 2004

About this Item

Signed paperback reprint, 2004, in overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Signed by Andrew Fusek Peters to title page. Not an old library book.

Seller Inventory # 170698

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sadderday and Funday: Feeling Better And Verse (Signed)
• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340894393
• ISBN 13: 9780340894392
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Chris Mould
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Books
  • Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

From family break-up and bullying to first love and the first day at school, this collection is a unique blend of raw emotion and heady experience for 9-11 year-olds. Ideal as a literary and PSHE resource, the poems are grouped in handy sections for easy reference by theme.

About the Authors

Polly Peters is a former English and drama teacher and community theatre writer and director. With Andrew Fusek Peters she has produced over 40 books. POEMS WITH ATTITUDE and POEMS WITH ATTITUDE UNCENSORED were both Education Guardian book of the week. She and Andrew live with their two children in rural Shropshire.

Andrew Fusek Peters is an Anglo-Czech poet, storyteller, didgeridoo player, broadcaster, anthologist and author with an international reputation. He is the UK's tallest poet (6'8''!!) and has worked in thousands of schools, libraries, arts centres and literary festivals, giving lively performances and running workshops with all ages and abilities. 'An experienced and accomplished anthologist', according to the TES, Andrew has published more than 70 books and his poems appear in the Poetry Archive, set up by the Poet Laureate to record the best poets.

Polly Peters is a former English and Drama teacher. She was previously Head of Drama at a sixth form college and currently works as a youth/community theatre leader, director and playwright.

Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. During this time, he did various jobs, from delivering papers to washing-up. He has won the Nottingham Children's Book Award and been commended for the Sheffield. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.

Chris Mould spends his working day in one of the prestigious art studios at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. His studio is clearly marked with a skull and crossboned warning as to what might lie within.

Chris is not confined to book illustration. He has worked for the RSC, the BBC, the FT and many other famous initials, aswell as film development work for Aardman Animations which included character and environment development work on the film Flushed Away.

When away from his studio, Chris spends most of his time with his wife Sue and his two daughters Emily and Charlotte.