Willy the Wizard - Rilegato

Browne, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 0679976442 ISBN 13: 9780679976448

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1996

Riassunto

Joining a team of gorilla soccer stars, Willy, a midget-sized chimp in comparison, believes that his soccer skills are due to a pair of magic old-fashioned boots, a superstition that is challenged when he forgets to bring the boots to a big game.

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Recensione:

Willy is a winner with surefire appeal for anyone who wonders if attaining a goal is possible."--(starred review) School Library Journal

L'autore:

* Anthony Browne is rightly regarded as one of the world's leading picturebook creators.  He lives in England with his wife and two children.

*  He has won awards in many countries, including the Kate Greenaway Medal of England for GORILLA and ZOO,  and the Kurt Maschler Award of Germany for GORILLA.

*  His inspiration for GORILLA came from a combination of things -- a greeting card he'd designed of a huge macho gorilla holding a teddy bear, a very lonely boy he knew whose father lived in New Zealand, his own fascination with gorillas.

* The behavior of a real family provided the idea for PIGGYBOOK (not his own, however!)  When the book was completed, he presented the family with a copy, without comment.  But they didn't see an

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679976442
• ISBN 13: 9780679976448
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Redattore: Schulman J.