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www.corneliafunkefans.com/en/Publisher
Chicken House LtdPublication date
2nd June 2008ISBN
9781905294664Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Wildest Brother
Cornelia Funke
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A wild adventure with a gentle undertone of sibling love. The illustrations are full of character, wit, and child-like imagination. A great picture book to settle those wild brothers and sisters at bedtime.
Synopsis
The Wildest Brother by Cornelia FunkeBen is a fearless young boy - as brave as a lion, as strong as an elephant. Nothing can distract him from his tireless task of protecting his big sister, Anna. He gallantly spends his day fending off mouldy green ghosts, slime-burping monsters, robbers and wild beasts. But when the day is over and darkness descends, Ben stops feeling quite so brave - and realises that sometimes it is his sister who does the protecting.
About The Author
The German author Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in Dorsten,
Westphalia. As a child she dreamed of becoming an astronaut – until she
discovered the military training involved so she trained to be social
worker. During her time as a social worker, Cornelia discovered the
kinds of stories that grasped their imaginations. These were the
stories she wanted to illustrate – and ultimately to write – the kind
that would appeal to bookish children as well as inspiring those
children who hadn’t yet had many positive reading experiences. At the
age of 35 Cornelia realised her true love of storytelling and became a
full-time writer. She has since written over 40 titles ranging from
picture books and short novels for young readers
Although she
quickly became one of the most popular children’s authors in Germany,
Cornelia Funke was hardly known in Britain or the United States – and
had it not been for a keen young reader, this could still be the case.
Barry Cunningham, the publisher of a small, innovative publishing house
in rural England called The Chicken House, received a letter from a
bilingual (English and German) young reader, who wanted to know why her
favourite author wasn’t published in English. Barry set about the task
of tracking down the latest title from Cornelia Funke, Herr der Diebe
When
the English translation, The Thief Lord, was published in the USA by
Scholastic in 2002, it entered the New York Times bestseller list
straightaway, and proceeded to climb to the number two position.
There
has been enormous interest in Cornelia’s novels, with fierce bidding by
film company executives for the rights. The Thief Lord movie, starring
Vanessa Redgrave and Alexei Sayle, was released in Spring 2006.
Inkheart
the movie is released on 12th December 2008, has a stellar cast that
includes Helen Mirren as Elinor, Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio and Paul
Bettany as Dustfinger.
Cornelia Funke lives in Los Angeles in
the USA with her teenage daughter, Anna, and young son, Ben (Benjy).
They have a crazy dog, Luna, nicknamed Loonie, and their house is
crammed with books and DVDs.
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