The Shape Game

The Shape Game

by Anthony Browne (Author)

Synopsis

A family reluctantly visits an art gallery but one by one each member is energized by a different picture in the gallery and transported into the imaginative and colourful world of art.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books
Published: 07 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0385601360
ISBN 13: 9780385601368
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Book Overview: Anthony Browne is the author of Willy the Wizard , The Night Shimmy , Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Voices in the Park (winner of the 1998 Kurt Maschler Award and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal). Anthony was also the winner of the 200 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration.

Media Reviews
Anthony Browne . . . sublime master of the visual pun. -- Independent on Sunday
For sheer illustrative wit, Anthony Browne is unsurpassed. -- Times
Browne's illustrations are among the most distinctive and surreal of any children's artist. A beautiful tribute to a very special dad in a dressing gown. -- The Scotsman on My Dad
Delightfully simple but visually impish. -- The Literary Review
Anthony Browne . . . sublime master of the visual pun. -- Independent on Sunday

For sheer illustrative wit, Anthony Browne is unsurpassed. -- Times

Browne's illustrations are among the most distinctive and surreal of any children's artist. A beautiful tribute to a very special dad in a dressing gown. -- The Scotsman on My Dad

Delightfully simple but visually impish. -- The Literary Review
Author Bio
Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard and Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books. Voices in the Park won the 1998 Kurt Maschler Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Anthony was also the winner of the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. Anthony has also written the immensely popular titles King Kong (1994), My Dad (2000), My Mum (2005) and My Brother (2007).