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Those Magnificent Sheep In Their Flying Machine

Those Magnificent Sheep In Their Flying Machine

by David Roberts (Illustrator), PeterBently (Author)

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    Hardcover 2014

    $4.68
Synopsis

The sheep on the hillside were munching away, Much as they always did, day after day, When suddenly something went ZOOM! overhead. Let's go and see what it is! they all said. And so begins a ripping, round-the-world adventure as the sheep take to skies in a magnificent yellow flying machine... 'Stylish and funny with a fantastic read-aloud text.' The Bookseller

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 32
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 03 Apr 2014
ISBN 10: 1849396345
ISBN 13: 9781849396349
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
 Book Overview: Roald Dahl Funny Prize Winner, Peter Bently, teams up with David Roberts, Smarties Gold Award Winner and creator of Dirty Bertie, in this rip-roaring pastiche.

Media Reviews
A total pleasure * Independent on Sunday *
Bently's award-winning chaotic humour is perfectly matched by David Roberts' eccentric and beautifully detailed illustrations * Daily Mail *
Illustrator David Roberts blends caricature and an elegant style to suit both the silliness and the 1920s setting * Sunday Times *
I love this author/illustrator pairing . . . Stylish and funny with a fantastic read-aloud text * Children's Previews, The Bookseller *
David Roberts' illustrations are sublime -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
Author Bio
Peter Bently was born in Tidworth and attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied for a BA Hons in Modern Languages. He has two young children and now lives in Devon. He has also written several other award-winning picture books, including A Lark in the Ark (Egmont), Shark in the Dark (Macmillan) and Cats Ahoy!, which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. David Roberts has earned great acclaim for his distinctive illustrations. His previous work includes collaborations with his sister Lynn on retellings of several classic fairy stories - their book Little Red was shortlisted for the 2005 Kate Greenaway Medal. In 2006 he won the Smarties Children's Book Prize Gold Award for his line drawings in Mouse Noses on Toast. He is the creator of Dirty Bertie and lives in London.