Green Lizards vs Red Rectangles Synopsis
With a Jon Klassen appeal, Steve Antony is the one to watch. The green lizards and the red rectangles are at war. They fight and fight and fight - can there ever be a way to live peacefully together?
A thought-provoking and visually stunning picture book about the futility of war, created by Steve Antony, winner of the Oscar's First Book Prize, nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781444920116 |
| Publication date: |
8th September 2016 |
| Author: |
Steve Antony |
| Publisher: |
Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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Steve Antony Press Reviews
A visually entertaining story of war and peace Kirkus
A unique picture book with a thought-provoking message School Library Journal
Steve Antony has taken a serious and sombre subject and made it into a picture book which handles the concept of war with sensitivity and compassion. Parents In Touch
Playful and bold as its treatment is, this book offers an easy, safe means to talk about the idea of war The Guardian
A[n] effective story introducing young children to the concept of war Nursery World
What an amazingly original book, a triumph of the imagination and creatvity School Librarian
About Steve Antony
Steve Antony is a highly talented and versatile author-illustrator. He has had a passion for storytelling from an early age, but it was the MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge that really enabled him to channel this passion. Since embarking on the MA course, he has enjoyed creating picture books on a range of subjects from the Queen's hat to a war between rectangles and lizards! He aims to create picture books that are slightly 'off the wall', books that children will laugh at and adults will tweet about, but most of all, books that he enjoys.
Since his 2014 debut, multi award-winning author-illustrator Steve Antony has so far written and illustrated 18 picture books and sold over one million copies worldwide, and 7 of his titles have been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
His Mr Panda series has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide and was recently optioned for TV by Magic Light Pictures. His highly acclaimed The Queen's Hat (the first instalment of the Queen Collection) was adapted into a musical concert by the London Symphony Orchestra and won the Evening Standard's Oscars Book Prize. His Queen's Hat inspired Shaun the Sheep statue raised £15,000 for the Wallace and Gromit Children's Charity.
He plays an active role in his local community as Patron to Swindon Libraries Children's Services and recently designed their library card. He is an Ambassador for The National Literacy Trust , an active supporter of Beanstalk and a vocal advocate for more incidental inclusiveness in children's literature, having written several articles on the subject. Through his art, Steve has helped raise thousands for various UK charities including My AFK, BookTrust, Willow Foundation and Wallace and Gromit Children's Charity.
Steve's studied at Anglia Ruskin University after taking voluntary redundancy from a Swindon call centre. Steve was part-raised in New Mexico and now lives in Swindon UK with his husband and cat.
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