Great Big Big George Book of Stories - Softcover

Eric Pringle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408815214 ISBN 13: 9781408815212

Publisher: Bloomsbury UK, 2011

Synopsis

'This book is about England's very first visitor from Outer Space . . .'When Big George crash-lands into the middle of a medieval forest, he is completely out of his depth . . . until he makes friends with Tilly Miller, a small but very brave girl. Young readers will love the magic and humour of gentle Big George's adventures as he experiences British history.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Pringle has written many plays for radio and television, including Doctor Who, and he has done dramatisations of Thomas Hardy, Joan Aiken and H.E. Bates for Radio 4. This is his third children's book for Bloomsbury. Eric lives in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Colin Paine's books for Bloomsbury include the picture books Arthur's Tractor and Georgie and the Dragon and the poetry anthology Werewolf Granny. Colin lives in Worthing, West Sussex.

Review:

`Blithely anachronistic, this story is a breezy and comical read, with likeable good guys and satisfyingly revolting villains, that proves that good things can come in big packages' * Nicolette Jones, Children's Books Reviewer * `Big George and the Seventh Knight is a riot. Hugely enjoyable to read aloud, this is the funniest thing to happen to the Middle Ages since Monty Python, not least because Big George hasn't a clue what is going on' * Independent on Sunday * `Unlike many series for children, Eric Pringle's Big George books are getting better and better, as past events become incorporated into the ongoing story. Pringle makes some serious observations on the human condition, the humour less knockabout than before, and underlying it all is the melancholy of a man who knows that if he falls asleep he will wake to find the world changed and his friends gone for ever' * Jan Mark, Times Educational Supplement * `This book is funny, exciting and it makes you want to read it again . . . I think Eric Pringle is as good as Roald Dahl' * Adam Leadbetter (age 11), Sunday Express Book Review *

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408815214
• ISBN 13: 9781408815212
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576