Description for Tail-end Charlie
Paperback. As a boy, Mick Manning listened to his father's tales about life as an RAF airgunner during WWII. Now he has carefully recreated those stories; for Charlie's grandchildren - and for everyone. Illustrator(s): Manning, Mick; Granstrom, Brita. Num Pages: 40 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: YBCS; YFY; YXZW. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 217 x 269 x 4. Weight in Grams: 188.
As a boy, Mick Manning listened to his father’ s hair-raising tales about life as an RAF airgunner during the Second World War. Now, years later, he has carefully recreated his father's stories, writing them down as if his dad was speaking the words. In collaboration with Brita, he has illustrated them too.
It’ s for Charlie’ s grandchildren – ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quarto Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847800756
SKU
V9781847800756
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Mick Manning
MICK MANNING and BRITA GRANSTRÖM have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school ... Read more
Reviews for Tail-end Charlie
True courage colours the tail-gunners story. || For real life adventurers, there is Mick Manning's TAIL END CHARLIE. Brilliantly illustrated by Brita Branstro m, it tells the true story of the author's father as a youthful airman during the Second World War. Using comic strip, contemporary photographs and full-page pictures, it covers both everyday details and moments of extreme danger. ... Read more