CRISPIN THE PIG WHO HAD IT ALL by Ted Dewan

CRISPIN THE PIG WHO HAD IT ALL by Ted Dewan

One Christmas Crispin receives a box, which contains absolutely nothing. He thinks it's the worst Christmas ever until with the help of his friends he finds out the power of imagination and play is far more important than material things.

TED DEWAN been an illustrator and cartoonist since 1988, and his work regularly appears in the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, TES and Guardian. He won the coveted Mother Goose Award for his first children's picture book in 1992, Inside the Whale. Subsequent picture books include The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Top Secret. He has also illustrated children's and adult non-fiction. His first book for the Doubleday list was The Sorcerer's Apprentice, which was short-listed for the Kurt Maschler Award. He lives in Oxford with his wife, artist and Kate Greenaway Medal-winner, Helen Cooper, and their daughter. Award News- CRISPIN, THE PIG WHO HAD IT ALL has been shortlisted for The Kate Greenaway Medal - one of the most prestigious awards for children's illustration. The judging panel have this to say about the book- "The bold, exuberant illustrations catch the reader's eye first, and then closer examination shows just how every page is crammed with extraordinary detail. Dewan's clever use of layout, colour and perspective emphasise the different moods of the story creating a sense of space, action or surprise. This story contrasts the emptiness of materialism with the war

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ISBN 13	9780385410748
ISBN 10	0385410743
Title	CRISPIN THE PIG WHO HAD IT ALL
Author	Ted Dewan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2000-10-01
Number of pages	32
Prizes	Short-listed for Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Best Book to Read Out Aloud 2002, Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal 2001
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.