Egg Drop

Author: Grey, Mini

Brand: Red Fox

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 32

Release Date: 07-04-2003

Part Number: 32

Details: Product Description


The Egg was young. It didn't know much. We tried to tell it,but of course it didn't listen. If only it had waited . . . The Egg loved the sky. It saw all the birds, insects, aeroplanes, balloons, helicopters, bats and clouds. It dreamed of being up there, flying with them all. So the Egg went to a very high place . . . and jumped . . .


Review


It just can't be pigeon-holed and comes from an entirely original and quirky talent. Even the illustrations are one in a million, combining collage, digital photos, string and straw ―
Guardian

Truly surreal adventures which will be enjoyed by all four- to six-year-olds ―
Sunday Express

A fine debut ―
Books for Keeps


From the Inside Flap


The surreal story of the egg that wanted to fly.

The egg has always dreamed of being able to fly, but it doesn?t really know much about making the dream a reality. The only method that seems guaranteed to work is to get to a very high place and then?jump! Now, that may not sound like a good thing for an egg to do, but then the egg is young and doesn?t know very much.


From the Back Cover


“Mini Grey’s illustrations, with their varied perspectives and bold use of space, are exhilarating.” --
Guardian


About the Author


Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives. Her books include
Egg Drop,
The Pea and the Princess (shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal),
Biscuit Bear (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award),
Traction Man is Here (winner of the Boston Horn Book Award and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal),
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), and
Traction Man meets Turbodog. Mini Grey is one of the Big Picture's ten Best New Illustrators.

EAN: 9780099432036

Package Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inches

Languages: English