Amazing Machines: Hovering Helicopters by Tony Mitton

Amazing Machines: Hovering Helicopters by Tony Mitton

Hover in the air with some wacky animal pilots in this cheerful picture book all about helicopters. Lively wordplay, vibrant art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must have for bookshelves everywhere. This book is filled with lively rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton that perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying helicopter parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about helicopters exciting and fun. The Amazing Machines series is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2017 - the perfect opportunity to introduce a whole new generation of mini machine-lovers to these fantastic books!

Tony Mitton is a popular children’s poet, whose The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief was the winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize and whose Royal Raps won the 1997 Nottinghamshire Libraries/Dillons Children’s Book Award. He has written a number of picture books including Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus and Down By the Cool of the Pool. His other titles include collections of poetry for older children. Ant Parker is well known for his bright, bold and appealing style of artwork. After studying Visual Communications at Bath Academy of Art, he taught papermaking, printing and bookbinding workshops before beginning to illustrate children's books. Ant has illustrated many novelty books for Macmillan Children's Books, including the highly successful Amazing Machines series for Kingfisher and Charlie Chick series for Campbell.

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ISBN 13	9780753439982
ISBN 10	0753439980
Title	Amazing Machines: Hovering Helicopters
Author	Tony Mitton
Series	Amazing Machines
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2017-06-15
Number of pages	24
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.