Lobsters in Love: A Whirlpool Romance

Lobsters in Love: A Whirlpool Romance

by RichardKidd (Author), Lindsey Kidd (Illustrator)

Synopsis

When the famous restaurateur lobster, Monsieur Thermidor, reads his birthday horoscope on Salome Starfish's page, he can't help wondering what lies ahead. And mysteriously enough, strange things start to happen...But he keeps a cool head and masterful manner. How he escapes, wins the love of a beautiful lady lobster and fulfils Salome Starfish's prediction, makes for a delightfully fishy tale. Illustrated with Lindsey Kidd's dough models, the book includes her recipe for salt-dough.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: New
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 01 Jan 2004

ISBN 10: 0711218498
ISBN 13: 9780711218499

Media Reviews
Praise for Monsieur Thermidor: A Fantastic Fishy Tale: [Readers] will simply delight in the illustrator's comical, fashionable fish characters, her clever manipulation of perspective, and her royal blue, goggle-eyed hero, dressed in a chef's hat.
Author Bio
RICHARD KIDD studied painting at Newcastle University before taking up a scholarship at the British School at Rome. After several years of teaching at Newcastle University, he went to America in 1980, to spend a year in San Francisco and six years in New York on a Harkness Fellowship. LINDSEY KIDD studied fine art and sculpture at Preston Polytechnic and became a mannequin modeller. She has been creating salt-dough models for several years, and it was one of her Christmas lobster decorations which inspired her husband, Richard Kidd, to write Monsieur Thermidor.