Clown (Paperback)
| Author: Quentin Blake | Illustrator: Quentin Blake |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
ISBN-10: 0805059334
ISBN-13: 9780805059335
Sku: 30375713
Publish Date: 9/1/1998
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 12.5H x 8.75L x 0.25T
Pages:
32
Age Range:
9 to 12
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| A toy clown is determined to find a home for himself and his group of unwanted stuffed animals and begins his search through the city to find just the perfect place. Reprint. *Author: Blake, Quentin *Publication Date: 1998/09/15 *Number of Pages: 32 *Binding Type: Paperback *Grade Level: 1-2 *Language: English *Depth: 0.25 *Width: 8.75 *Height: 12.50 |
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A discarded yet irrepressible toy clown goes on a quest through the city to find a home for himself and his family of unwanted stuffed animals. Full-color illustrations. One day, Clown is thrown into the trash, but he doesn't stay there long.||He tries to find someone to take care of his friends, but no one listens.||Then Clown finds someone he can take care of, and together, they make a home for everyone.||Follow the fortunes of Clown-- who starts in a garbage can and ends up in a happy family-- in this perfectly pitched picture book.||Master illustrator Quentin Blake has created an irrepressible character, an action-filled plot, and an eloquent story that can be read on several levels-- all without the use of a single word.||Best Illustrated Book of 1996, New York Times Book Review||Horn Book Fanfare Book| |
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When a stuffed toy clown is thrown in the trash, he decides not to wait around to be taken to the garbage dump. The clown escapes and sets out to find someone to love and adopt him. Color illustrations tell the story in this wordless picture book.
When a stuffed toy clown is thrown in the trash, he decides not to wait around to be taken to the garbage dump. The clown escapes and sets out to find someone to love and adopt him. Color illustrations tell the story in this wordless picture book.
Author Bio
Quentin Blake
Blake attended Downing College in Cambridge and the London University Institute of Education as well as the Chelsea School of Art. He was a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art in London where he also served as head of the illustration department for 10 years. Blake has illustrated the works of several prominent authors including Joan Aiken, Tana Hoban, and Margaret Mahy. He also had a long-term collaboration with Roald Dahl, which produced, among other works, THE B.F.G. and THE WITCHES. In 1980, Blake was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for his book MISTER MAGNOLIA.
Praise
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This wordless book works because of the expressiveness of the artist's drawings." - Lisa Mahoney June 1996 Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Blake's energetic story line ensures that the action never flags in this brilliant exercise in narrative illustration." - Michael Cart 06/09/1996 New York Times Book Review
"The idea of toys come to life is ubiquitous in children's books and entertainments, but in literature as in music variations on a theme can be richly satisfying. It is the pitch-perfect details and often unsettling undertones of Quentin Blake's wordless, quick-moving 'Clown' that make it worth the attention." - Jim Gladstone 12/22/1996
"This wordless book works because of the expressiveness of the artist's drawings." - Lisa Mahoney June 1996 Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Blake's energetic story line ensures that the action never flags in this brilliant exercise in narrative illustration." - Michael Cart 06/09/1996 New York Times Book Review
"The idea of toys come to life is ubiquitous in children's books and entertainments, but in literature as in music variations on a theme can be richly satisfying. It is the pitch-perfect details and often unsettling undertones of Quentin Blake's wordless, quick-moving 'Clown' that make it worth the attention." - Jim Gladstone 12/22/1996
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