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4th May 2009ISBN
9780747589839Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure
Michael Foreman
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An awfully big adventure for the Littlest Dinosaur when a little walk turns into a night time drama. Alone in the middle of a big, dark forest the Littlest Dinosaur needs to be as brave as he can be. The he finds another little dinosaur, crying and afraid and he knows he has to get both of them to safety. Does he have the courage? A big-hearted and reassuring story about overcoming fear. Click here for the first title featuring the littlest dinosaur.
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Synopsis
The Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure by Michael ForemanA new picture book by award-winning artist Michael Foreman A little dinosaur realises that its size is also its strength
Reviews
'Foreman takes us on a powerful, emotional journey ... cleverly exploiting tone and perspective to add emphasis. No gimmicks here. Just pastels, watercolour and an elegantly simple text ... All nicely reassuring'The Herald (Glasgow)
'Gently addresses fears experienced by many children and reassures them'
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'Michael Foreman's use of colour evokes mood brilliantly ... This simple tale is simply delightful
The Scotsman
About The Author
Michael Foreman was our Guest Editor in March 2010 - click here - to see the books that inspired his writing.
Michael Foreman was born in Suffolk in 1938, and studied at Lowestoft School of Art, St Martin’s, London, and the Royal College of Art, where he won a scholarship to the USA in 1963. He has worked as an Art Director at Playboy and King magazines and still works as Art Editor of the literary journal Ambit.
He has also made animated films in Scandinavia and for the BBC. His first book, The General, (a picture book published in 1961), dealt with disarmament and received rave reviews. Since then he has illustrated more than thirty of his own books and over a hundred by authors as varied as Shakespeare, J.M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm and former Python, Terry Jones. He has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading illustrators and has won numerous prizes including the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal (twice), the Francis Williams Prize (twice) and the Aigle d’Argent at the Festival International du Livre in France. Michael is married and has three sons.
He spends most of his time in London, but regularly visits St Ives, Cornwall, where he owns the painter Ben Nicholson’s old house.
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