School Trip - Softcover

Nick Butterworth; Mick Inkpen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340932392 ISBN 13: 9780340932391

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books, 2007

Synopsis

This school trip to the Natural History Museum has all the ingredients of a classic day out. There are dinosaurs to wonder at, buttons to play with, picnic lunches to eat on the bus and a trip to the shop.

About this title

About the Author:

Nick Butterworth (Author) After leaving school Nick Butterworth went to work as a typographic designer and formed a partnership with Mick Inkpen. Nick's books have sold over 12 million copies around the world in more than 25 languages. He has won several prestigious awards including the Nestle Gold Award for The Whisperer. Perhaps his best known character Percy the Park Keeper first appeared in 1989 in One Snowy Night and has been the subject of a series of animated films for television. Mick Inkpen (Illustrator) Mick Inkpen has been a bestselling children's author for over 25 years. He is one of today's most popular picture book author/illustrators and the famous creator of both Kipper and Wibbly Pig. Mick has won the Children's Book Award for Threadbear and the British Book Award twice, for Penguin Small and Lullabyhullaballoo. Kipper won a BAFTA for Best Animated Film.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Picture book audiences can accompany Mrs. Jefferson's class on a mild-mannered romp through a natural history museum. All the events in this soup to nuts story of a day in the city ring true, from the tardy class member who keeps everyone waiting to the queasy kid sitting alone on the bus with his trusty plastic bag. Although nothing out of the ordinary happens, this is pleasant fare for the story hour crowd. The pastel watercolors depict a multiethnic group, but the balloon-shaped faces with protruding ears make all the youngsters look alike except for skin color and hairstyles. The bored museum guard and the weary, out-of-patience teacher may seem funny only to adults. However, the carnivorous dinosaur skeleton that looks hungry enough to gobble up the class dawdler strikes just the right note. Cohen's Lost in the Museum (Greenwillow, 1979) has more substance and a more compelling plot than this series of casual vignettes. Both could be used with Brown's Visiting the Art Museum (Dutton, 1986) to prepare primary-grade students for a field trip. --Martha Rosen, Edgewood School, Scarsdale, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0340932392
• ISBN 13: 9780340932391
• Binding: Paperback