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Emily Brown and the Thing
Cressida Cowell
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Description for Emily Brown and the Thing
Paperback. A stunning reissue of this classic picture book. By the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series comes a reissue of the classic tale of Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit called Stanley. Illustrator(s): Layton, Neal. Series: Emily Brown. Num Pages: 32 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 5AC; YBCS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 283 x 250 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
A stunning reissue of this classic picture book. In this warm-hearted and witty take on a classic theme - being scared of the dark - Emily and Stanley find a 'Thing' crying outside their window. They embark on a series of adventures to find everything he needs for a good night's sleep . . . but nothing seems to work. What is troubling the Thing, and why can't he get to sleep? Parents and children the world over will recognise all the bizarre excuses a child can make to keep the light on and a parent in the room at bedtime, and this story shows how important it is to talk to children, and find out what is really going on in the complex depths of a child's imagination. 'Rascally bedtime fare.' - Booklist Written by Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/ Illustrated by award winning Neal Layton, creator of Stanley's Stick. http://www.neallayton.co.uk/
Product Details
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Emily Brown
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444923407
SKU
V9781444923407
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Cressida Cowell
Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once book series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC. The first book in Cressida's new series, The Wizards of Once (also signed by DreamWorks), is a number one bestseller. Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize,the 2017 Ruth Rendell Award for Championing Literacy, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon. Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author of children's books. He has worked on more than 80 titles to date, working with authors such Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen, and won several prizes including a Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize for 'That Rabbit belongs to Emily Brown'. His books have also been shortlisted for the Red House Book Awards, the Blue Peter Book Awards, the Booktrust Early Years Award, Funfzig Jahre Deutcher Jugendliteraturpreis and New York Public Library's annual list of best Children's Books.He also writes his own books, 'The Invincible Tony Spears' and the bestselling 'Mammoth Academy' Series. His books are currently in print in more than 16 languages worldwide. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two daughters.
Reviews for Emily Brown and the Thing
A warm-hearted and witty take on being scared of the dark
Guernsey Press & Star
This is a wonderful story about a small girl dealing with a very high maintenance monster called the Thing. It's funny, it's got twists and turns and shows us, among other things, that we can spend far too much time nurturing our fears rather than trying to conquer them
The Guardian
A simple story, imaginatively reflected in wildly wonderful artwork, that will delight both old and young readers
Carousel
A warm-hearted and witty take on the classic theme of being scared of the dark
Family Interest Magazine
Cowell's narrative is both deeply rooted in the conventions of folk tale...and yet refreshingly contemporary and colloquial in tone. Such layers of richness are confidently matched by Layton's brilliantly anarchic illustrations...Emily Brown and Stanley are most appealing characters and, like Sendak's Max, more than a match for wild Things
Books for Keeps
The illustrations are often dark and complex but they are entirely appropriate to the story
School Librarian
Rascally bedtime fare
Booklist Online
Imaginative, funky
Daily Mail
A fantastic tale.
North West Evening Mail
Guernsey Press & Star
This is a wonderful story about a small girl dealing with a very high maintenance monster called the Thing. It's funny, it's got twists and turns and shows us, among other things, that we can spend far too much time nurturing our fears rather than trying to conquer them
The Guardian
A simple story, imaginatively reflected in wildly wonderful artwork, that will delight both old and young readers
Carousel
A warm-hearted and witty take on the classic theme of being scared of the dark
Family Interest Magazine
Cowell's narrative is both deeply rooted in the conventions of folk tale...and yet refreshingly contemporary and colloquial in tone. Such layers of richness are confidently matched by Layton's brilliantly anarchic illustrations...Emily Brown and Stanley are most appealing characters and, like Sendak's Max, more than a match for wild Things
Books for Keeps
The illustrations are often dark and complex but they are entirely appropriate to the story
School Librarian
Rascally bedtime fare
Booklist Online
Imaginative, funky
Daily Mail
A fantastic tale.
North West Evening Mail