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The Mellops Strike Oil
Tomi Ungerer
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Description for The Mellops Strike Oil
Hardcover. The world's funniest picnic-adventure. Num Pages: 32 pages, 32 colour. BIC Classification: YBCS. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 245 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
While on a family picnic Mr Mellops notices the mountain water has an ‘awful taste, like oil’. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that takes them to the library, the museum and eventually an oil field! Reissued in English to inspire and delight a new generation of children.
Ages 3-6
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Number of pages
32
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714862491
SKU
V9780714862491
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Tomi Ungerer
Tomi Ungerer, born in Strasbourg in 1931, landed in New York in 1956 with $60 in his pocket and with a suitcase full of drawings. Overnight he became a star as a caricaturist, illustrator and children's book author and published more than 80 books in ten years. As a graphic artist he created advertising campaigns for Willy Brandt and The ... Read more
Reviews for The Mellops Strike Oil
"Charming... Printed on thick mat paper, with a two-colour palette true to the author and artist Tomi Ungerer's original artwork, the books make delightful bedtime reading for the under-sevens."—Daily Telegraph "There is an educational element to this story too. The discovery by the Mellops' of the different fossils - ammonites, belemnites and ceriths are accompanied by an illustration ... Read more