Martin Waddell is a master storyteller for children and has over
220 published titles to his name, selling in excess of 20 million
copies around the world. His picture books have sold over 18
million copies with Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? and Farmer Duck
both winning the Smarties award. He was also the winner of the
prestigious Hans Christian Andersen award in 2004. He lives in
Newcastle, Co. Down.
Gabriel Rosenstock is an Irish writer. A member of Aosdána, he is a
poet, haikuist and translator. Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick,
he currently resides in Dublin. gabrielrosenstock.com
Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically acclaimed
illustrators of her time. Her numerous books for children include
Smarties Book Prize-winning Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell; We're
Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; as well as her classic board
books for babies. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Alice in
Wonderland. Her most recent picture book was the critically
acclaimed There's Going to Be a Baby. Helen lives in London, NW3.
By book's end, young readers will flap for joy right along with the
endearing web-footed heros.
*Publishers Weekly, starred review*
The subversive fable is so exuberantly illustrated by Helen
Oxenbury's stunningly powerful watercolors that it is, in fact, an
ideal nursery book--a model of the synthesis of story, word, and
picture.
*Mothering Magazine*
Waddell's narration is a marvel of simplicity and compact grace;
Oxenbury's soft pencil and watercolor illustrations have the comic
impact of masterly cartoons, while her sweeping color and light are
gloriously evocative of the English farm scene . . . A book with
all the marks of a nursery classic.
*Kirkus Reviews, starred review*
Not just a classic because of its animal liberation theme. It sends
a strong message to kids about subscribing to a hard work ethic and
what it means to be a true comrade.
*Vegbooks.org*
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