Edward Ardizzone était un artiste, écrivain et illustrateur anglais, principalement reconnu pour ses livres captivants pour enfants. Son œuvre se distingue par une sensibilité artistique unique et une approche narrative qui séduit les jeunes lecteurs comme les adultes. Ardizzone a créé des mondes qui résonnent d'imagination et de chaleur. Ses contributions à la littérature et à l'illustration jeunesse ont consolidé son héritage en tant que figure marquante du domaine.
Bored with his schoolwork, Tim is longing to be at sea again when who should appear but his old friend, Captain McFee! On board ship, Tim befriends Ginger, the first ship' s boy. When mischievous Ginger gets into trouble, Tim must use all of his resourcefulness to come to the rescue.
This collection of de la Mare's poetry, in print since its first publication in 1913, has fostered in generations of children a lifelong love of language. Full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
Tim and Ginger are working cabin boys on the S.S. Royal Fusilier when they find a puppy in one of the lifeboats. They decide to call him Towser and smuggle him on board, avoiding the watchful eyes of Captain Piper, who hates dogs. But as time goes on, Towser grows bigger and bigger...
Tim arrives home after a long holiday to find that his parents have vanished. He is determined to search, if necessary, the whole wide world, until he has found them. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal
Mr Potter is a proud shopkeeper with a busy shop, until one day a big superstore opens across the street. The new store has a delivery service so Mr Potter employs an old little horse bus to deliver his wares. But when the superstore's delivery cart is stolen there is only one little horse bus to save the day!
Eager to go to sea, Tim and his friend Ginger are delighted to join the Claribel on a voyage, but when disaster strikes, the boys have to help out, Tim on the bridge and Ginger in the galley.
A young boy wants to be a sailor, but his parents say he is much too young. Tim grabs the chance to stow away on a steamer, but little does he expect the hard work, stormy sea and sinking ship to come.
A beautifully illustrated picture book filled with fun and memories from Dylan Thomas's own childhood. Age 8+
The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
The incorrigible Brown children, who devour nannies, nurse-maids, and governesses, finally meet their match.
Barney is a solitary eight-year-old, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the edge of disused chalk-pit when he tumbles over, lands in a sort of cave, and meets' somebody with a lot of shaggy hair and two bright black eyes' - wearing a rabbit-skin and speaking in grunts. He names him Stig. They learn to understand one another, and together they raid the rubbish dump at the bottom of the pit, improve Stig's cave dwelling, and enjoy a series of adventures that are sometimes wildly improbably and sometimes extremely practical.
