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The Great Big Big George Book of Stories

The Great Big Big George Book of Stories

by Colin Paine (Illustrator), EricPringle (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

    $4.18
Synopsis

'This book is about England's very first visitor from Outer Space . . .' When Big George crash-lands into the middle of a medieval forest, he is completely out of his depth . . . until he makes friends with Tilly Miller, a small but very brave girl. Young readers will love the magic and humour of gentle Big George's adventures as he experiences British history.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 576
 Edition: Bind-up ed
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 1408815214
ISBN 13: 9781408815212
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A bind-up of three stories featuring Big George, a lovable giant alien who crash-lands in a medieval English forest, with funny and magical results

Media Reviews
`Blithely anachronistic, this story is a breezy and comical read, with likeable good guys and satisfyingly revolting villains, that proves that good things can come in big packages' * Nicolette Jones, Children's Books Reviewer *
`Big George and the Seventh Knight is a riot. Hugely enjoyable to read aloud, this is the funniest thing to happen to the Middle Ages since Monty Python, not least because Big George hasn't a clue what is going on' * Independent on Sunday *
`Unlike many series for children, Eric Pringle's Big George books are getting better and better, as past events become incorporated into the ongoing story. Pringle makes some serious observations on the human condition, the humour less knockabout than before, and underlying it all is the melancholy of a man who knows that if he falls asleep he will wake to find the world changed and his friends gone for ever' * Jan Mark, Times Educational Supplement *
`This book is funny, exciting and it makes you want to read it again . . . I think Eric Pringle is as good as Roald Dahl' * Adam Leadbetter (age 11), Sunday Express Book Review *
Author Bio
Eric Pringle has written many plays for radio and television, including Doctor Who, and he has done dramatisations of Thomas Hardy, Joan Aiken and H.E. Bates for Radio 4. This is his third children's book for Bloomsbury. Eric lives in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Colin Paine's books for Bloomsbury include the picture books Arthur's Tractor and Georgie and the Dragon and the poetry anthology Werewolf Granny. Colin lives in Worthing, West Sussex.