When a Zeeder Met a Xyder by Doyle Malachy
"Jumping jumbucks!" cried the Xyder, "Have I found another Xyder?" "Sorry, no," said the Zeeder. "I'm a Zeeder, can't you see?" Two lonely creatures are looking for love and when their paths cross it seems to everybody else that it's a match made in heaven. But each monster is searching for someone 'just like me' and as they quickly see, they look completely different! Luckily they meet again and eventually they realize that it's what's inside that's important!
"Doyle's verse text has a satisfying rhythm that sustains lines of various lengths and rhyme schemes, as if demonstrating in its very structure that variety can be harmonious" The Sunday Times "This is a lovely verse story, with a neat ending.. What really sets it apart are Joel Stewart's delightful illustrations" Daily Telegraph "My heart was won over by Malachy Doyle's When a Zeeder Met a Xyder ... Illustrator Joel Stewart delightfully captures this quirky tale of two lonely souls in search of a friend. Doyle's words dance and the story is a joy to read aloud. The rhythm is reminiscent of a Dr. Seuss text ... I echo the Xyder's cry, "whoopy-dee!"'" Irish Times "In this deliciously sweet picture book with its quirky illustrations, young readers will meet a pair of characters whom they will find it hard not to fall in love with. For a time we wonder if they will ever properly 'find' one another but thankfully things work out just as they should" -- Marya Jansen-Gruber Through the Looking Glass "It's fun! It has rhythm and rhyme ... wonderful humour in the written text" Write Away!
Malachy Doyle grew up in Northern Ireland and then studied a Psychology degree in Lancashire. He lives in a big, old house in Wales with his wife, three children and three cats. When he's not visiting schools or walking in the mountains, Malachy writes full time. Joel Stewart grew up in Sheffield after spending his earliest years in a commune. He obtained a first class Honours degree in illustration from Falmouth College of Arts and was already working on his first picture book, The Adventures of a Nose, before he graduated. Other titles illustrated by Joel Stewart include Jabberwocky (Walker Books), Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Walker Books) and Me and My Mammouth (Macmillan).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552552134 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552552135 |
| Title | When a Zeeder Met a Xyder |
| Author | Doyle Malachy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2007-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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