Winner of the Younger Children category - Red House Book Award 2009. This book is an hilarious and unmissable treat! One day there is just a lonely pencil…It begins to draw – a boy, a dog, a cat and then a house and streets for them to play in. But everyone wants something more. They all wants names and then they all want food.
The pencil draws food but it is only in black and white. The boy and the dog and the cat want food they can eat…So, the pencil draws a paintbrush. Soon the food is delicious and there is more and more action. But then things begin to go wrong and everyone wants to be different. The pencil draws a rubber so that there can be changes…But, can the pencil survive against the rubber?
Luckily, it does and all is well in the drawn world again. Both the visual and the verbal jokes are simple but very effective and the cumulative impact is fantastic.
"A hilarious and utterly enchanting new classic" The TimesA special fifteenth anniversary edition of a modern classic. The Pencil is a playful, witty, wonderfully quirky story about the power of imagination. Say hi to Banjo! Once a pencil draws him, there's no telling what will come next - a dog, a cat, a chase (of course), and a paintbrush to colour in an ever-expanding group of family and friends. But it's not long before the complaints begin - "This hat looks silly!" "My ears are too big!" - until the poor pencil has no choice but to draw … a rubber. Oh no! In the hands of Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman, can anything but havoc and hilarity ensue? "Few picture books today offer such subtle, imaginative, funny, thought-provoking fare" GuardianWINNER OF THE RED HOUSE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDSHORLISTED FOR THE ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZESHORLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARDOVER 150,000 COPIES SOLD Look out for these other fantastic books by the same author and illustrator:THE RUNAWAY DINNER UNDER THE TABLE PREVIOUSLY
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The Pencil is a playful, witty, wonderfully quirky story about the power of imagination. Say hi to Banjo!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Pencil and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
The Pencil features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations
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The Pencil was written by Allan Ahlberg and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
The Pencil has 48 pages
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