Voices in the Park
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Voices in the Park
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anthony Browne
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:32 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 295,Width 250 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780552545648
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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| Audience | | Children / Juvenile | | General | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Random House Children's UK
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| Imprint |
Corgi Childrens
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| Publication Date |
5 August 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
An Anthony Brown classic A wonderfully original story of children overcoming adult snobbery. Told from four radically different perspectives, each voice telling a different version of the same walk in the park.This simple story explores many key themes such as alienation, friendship and the bizarre amid the mundane.
Author Biography
ANTHONY BROWNE is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as GORILLA (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), WILLY THE WIMP and ZOO (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). VOICES IN THE PARK won the 1998 Kurt Maschler Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Anthony was also the winner of the 2000 Hans Christan Andersen Award for Illustration.
ReviewsHighly original talent . . . Browne's picures of the city streets and the park are a joy to look at . . . Anthony Browne first editions are likely to become collector's items * Daily Telegraph * An instant classic * Financial Times * The haunting Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne turns a simple tale and a visually stunning series of surreal pictures . . . into a many-layered odyssey . . . this book will last a long time * The Times * A genuinely thought-provoking read, and, as usual with Anthony Browne's work, the illustrations, with their surreal references draw the reader in * Sunday Telegraph *
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