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Tim All Alone (Little Tim)

Tim All Alone (Little Tim)

by Stephen Fry (Narrator), Edward Ardizzone (Author)

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    Hardcover 2015

    $13.26
Synopsis

Little Tim's adventures at sea have delighted generations of children ever since the first book was published in 1936. In this Kate Greenaway winning title, Tim arrives home after a long holiday to find his parents have vanished. He is determined to search the whole wide world, if necessary, to find them, and sets out on a journey filled with sea-faring adventure.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 56
 Edition: Reissue
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 05 Mar 2015
ISBN 10: 1847806287
ISBN 13: 9781847806284
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years

Media Reviews

Ardizzone writes in a clear, perfect prose and his illustrations, black-and-white and colour, dazzle.


These books have really come back to life for children today. Rightly so.


A very moving story with some desperately exciting illustrations.


A very moving story with some desperately exciting illustrations.

Ardizzone writes in a clear, perfect prose and his illustrations, black-and-white and colour, dazzle.

These books have really come back to life for children today. Rightly so.

The timeless story will delight yet another generation of children.

Author Bio
Edward Ardizzone was the eldest of five children. In 1905 his family moved to Ipswich, where he learnt to know and love the little coastal steamers that he was to draw so often in the Little Tim books. Illustrator of more than 170 much-loved children's books, Edward Ardizzone was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1956 and the CBE in 1971. He died in 1979.

Comedian, actor and writer Stephen Fry was born in 1957 in London and brought up in Norfolk. He attended Queen's College Cambridge from 1979, joining the Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club where he met Hugh Laurie, with whom he forged a highly successful creative partnership. He also trod the boards with the likes of Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery in the Footlights. Critical acclaim was followed by popular appeal with the move to television. Memorable outings included Blackadder, A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Big screen outings included Wilde, Gosford Park and Peter's Friends. He also read all of the Harry Potter books for the highly successful unabridged audiobook edtions. He has written for television and screen, and as a newspaper columnist - for the Literary Review, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. Stephen Fry's four novels are The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls. He has also published Moab is My Washpot - an autobiography; and Rescuing the Spectacled Bear - his diary of the making of a documentary on the plight of the spectacled bears of Peru. His latest book is Stephen Fry in America. His websites is www.stephenfry.com.