Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent
Child, Lauren200510UU
Book
Hubert Horatio's parents are frightfully, frightfully rich and enjoy spending money. They enjoy it so much, soon they will have spent it all! Hubert Horatio, or H for short, is a genius at almost absolutely everything. It's now up to Hubert Horatio, the genius son, to sort out the mess his parents make, when they fritter away the family fortune. Another fantastic, witty and incredibly original story from award-winning Lauren Child.Hubert Horatio or H for short is a genius at almost absolutely everything. His parents on the other hand aren't too good with money...and fritter away the family fortune. It's up to Hubert and his friend, Stanton Harcourt to sort out the mess.Review: "Boldly conceived and executed on all fronts - writing, drawng, design and topography - brilliantly funny and discerning. - Carousel 'Wacky, idiosyncratic stunners.' - THE SUNDAY TIMES Books are at the mercy of their owners, but careless Herb, who has defaced his fairytale collection with scissors and pencil, finds the traditional characters taking revenge in Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?, a more robust tale than last year's Kate' Greenaway medal winner, I will not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, with wider appeal (including key stage 2 readers). - TES teacher Herb, the expressively wide-eyed hero of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book, is better at reading pictures than words. Lauren Child's anarchic book inventively plays with fairy-tale conventions. Herb, in his crazy nighmare, falls unwittingly into".
Main title:
Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent / Lauren Child.
Author:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Children's Books, 2005.
Collation:
50 p. : col.ill. ; 28x24x1 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Audience:
Interest age level: 3+.
Biography/History:
Lauren Child attended art schools in both Manchester and London. She is now a children's writer and illustrator, an artist's assistant and also works for a design consultancy. Lauren was awarded the Greenaway Medal in 2001 for Clarice Bean That's Me and won the Bronze Smarties Award for Beware of the Storybook Wolves. She is amazingly talented and was selected for inclusion in Quentin Blake's Magic Pencil Exhibition at the British Library, which was made up from the cream of current British Children's Illustrators.
ISBN:
9780340877890 (pbk)0340877898 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
116387