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The Story of the Blue Planet
Andri Magnason
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Description for The Story of the Blue Planet
Paperback. An eco-fable with heart - and humour Translator(s): D'Arcy, Julian. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 5AH; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 202 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Winner of the 2014 UKLA Book Award: an eco-fable with heart and humour Brimir and Hulda are best friends, living on a beautiful blue planet where there are no grown-ups, life is wild and free, and each day is more exciting than the last. Until, one day, a rocket ship piloted by a strange-looking adult named Gleesome Goodday crashes on the beach. He promises to make life a hundred times more fun - with flying-powder, and coated skin so that noone ever has to bathe again - and even nails the sun to their sky. But Hulda and Brimir ... Read more
Winner of the 2014 UKLA Book Award: an eco-fable with heart and humour Brimir and Hulda are best friends, living on a beautiful blue planet where there are no grown-ups, life is wild and free, and each day is more exciting than the last. Until, one day, a rocket ship piloted by a strange-looking adult named Gleesome Goodday crashes on the beach. He promises to make life a hundred times more fun - with flying-powder, and coated skin so that noone ever has to bathe again - and even nails the sun to their sky. But Hulda and Brimir ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Children´s Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782690658
SKU
V9781782690658
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About Andri Magnason
Andri Snaer Magnason is one of Iceland's most celebrated young writers. In 2002 Love Star was named "Novel of the Year" by Icelandic booksellers and received the DV Literary Award and a nomination to the Icelandic Literary Prize. The Story of the Blue Planet-now published or performed in 22 countries-was the first children's book to receive the Icelandic Literary Prize ... Read more
Reviews for The Story of the Blue Planet
A Seussian mix of wonder, wit and gravitas The New York Times Ambitious and intriguing, it creates a fable whose contemporary relevance will be easily grasped by its intended readers... there is nothing that I can think of in contemporary English language writing for children that has this kind of ambition
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