The Biggest Birthday Card in the World (Sprinters)

by Morgan Alison (Author), Morgan Alison (Author), Dinan Carolyn (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  1995

  $3.25

  The village is getting ready to celebrate Auntie May's 100th birthday. Old Dick, the farmhand, wants to make Auntie May a special card because she has been like a mother to him. The problem is that he can't write, so he enlists Tom's help to make the biggest card in the world, cut into the grass of a field. Alison Morgan is also the author of Leaving Home which was runner-up for The Guardian award and Christabel , one of her stories for younger readers, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her other titles include Staples for Amos and Smudge . Carolyn Dinan has illustrated the award-winning The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler , But Martin (runner-up for the Children's Book Award), and several of her own stories such as The Monster Tea Party and Alfred Mouse .

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $5.07

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $4.38

  The village is getting ready to celebrate Aunti May's 100th birthday. Tom's sister Julie says she will make a card and he can sign it. Old Dick, the farmhand, would like to make a card too because Auntie May has been like a mother to him. The problem is he can not write. So he enlists Tom's help to make the biggest birthday card in the world - cutting into the grass of a field. Alison Morgan's novel Leaving home was shortlisted for The Guardian Award and Christabel was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her other titles include Staples for Amos and Smudge'. Carolyn Dinan has previously illustrated the award-winning The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler , But Martin (runner-up for the Children's Book Award), The Monster Tea Party and Alfred Mouse .