Jeremy Strong
Autor de The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog
Sobre El Autor
Jeremy Strong was born in Eltham, South East London, on November 18, 1949. He attended York University and later trained to be a primary school teacher. At the time he began teaching, he also started writing stories for children. His first book, Smith's Tail, was published in 1978. In 1991, he mostrar más stopped teaching and became a full-time author. He has published more than fifty books including include Dinosaur Pox, Mad Iris, My Mum's Going to Explode, and My Granny's Great Escape. He has received several awards including The Children's Book Award in 1997 for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog, the Sheffield Children's Book Award for Short Novel in 1998 for Pirate Pandemonium, and the Sheffield Children's Book Award for Short Novel in 2001 for Living with Vampires. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Author photo attributed to
Justine Stoddart.
Justine Stoddart.
Series
Obras de Jeremy Strong
The Big Book of Funny Stories 2: My Dad's Got an Alligator!, My Granny's Great escape, There's a Pharaoh in Our Bath.:… (2001) 6 copias
London Rises from the Ashes 1 copia
[(Fatbag : The Demon Vacuum Cleaner)] [By (author) Jeremy Strong ] published on (September, 1993) (1993) 1 copia
Stodgepodge 1 copia
Desapareceu! A Cadela Cem-à-Hora 1 copia
Gordeldier en haas 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1949-11-18
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- North Eltham, London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Shoreham, Kent, England, UK
- Educación
- Wyborne Primary School
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys, Hertfordshire, England, UK
University of York - Ocupaciones
- children's book author
teacher
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 219
- También por
- 7
- Miembros
- 3,131
- Popularidad
- #8,153
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 13
- ISBNs
- 656
- Idiomas
- 10
Each chapter presents a different vignette in the life of friends and roommates Armadillo and Hare. In the first, Armadillo wakes up to the unwelcome news that there is no cheese! Hare is not very helpful - he suggests that Armadillo is too fat and should exercise. But Armadillo has a better idea... In the following chapters the forest animals have a birthday party for nobody, Armadillo saves Hare from Jaguar, Hare plays his tuba (which blasts out all manner of strange things - fortunately they disappear) and there is a party, at which Hare firmly keeps Armadillo from dancing because in their previous practice he demonstrated that he definitely could not dance. They have philosophical discussions about themselves and eat lots of cheese sandwiches (at least, Armadillo does).
Black and white sketches show the shabby Armadillo, with his worn cardigan and shuffling walk, sprightly Hare, complete with dapper scarf, pants, vest, and tuba, and a variety of woodland creatures (and cheese sandwiches). This chapter book is about Magic Tree House level, with some more complex vocabulary and discussions. There is a tongue-in-cheek "recipe" for making cheese sandwiches at the back.
Verdict: While there are some kids who like these kinds of meandering, philosophical stories, they are definitely the minority. Added to that the opening with Hare telling Armadillo he's too fat and should diet and near the end where he won't let him dance because he's not good at it (at least not where there's anybody else around) and this is one I'd skip.
ISBN: 9781338540598; Published February 2020 by David Fickling Books; Borrowed from another library in my consortium… (más)