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RESULTSSearching enCompass books for 'Posy Simmonds'... We found 13 matches.
Daisy Ashford
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds The Young Visitors Humour, absurd romantic situations, social history and a fascination with the English language is combined in this unique cult classic love story written in 1890 by a 9 year-old girl.With a foreword by J. M. Barrie.
Reading age 7 to 11, interest level 7 to 11
Chatto and Windus 1984 hbk £8.99 ISBN 0-7011-2725-2
Trevor Grove
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds One Dog and His Man When Trevor Grove first met Beezle the dalmatian, he was just 'a scrap of spotty fur barely distinguishable from the hot-water bottle covers Boots were selling that winter'. Now he is the king of Kenwood Park, proudly stalking out his territory with Trevor as they brave the wind, the rain (and the discarded condoms) on their daily walk across Hampstead Heath. If Trevor is to keep up with Beezle he must learn the language: as every dog-walker will know, 'biscuits' can be a very useful word. Especially when your pet is determined to dash into the undergrowth for hours on end in search of female company. ('Castration' is another useful word if the biscuits don't work.) 'Squirrel', on the other hand, is a word that must be avoided at all times.Trevor spots celebrities and Beezle spots celebrities' sandwiches, and together they make an unmissable pair; Beezle with his splendid coat, Trevor running on behind. Beautifully illustrated by Posy Simmonds, One Dog and His Man is a affectionate celebration of canine companionship and a gift book to treasure.
Atlantic Books 2003 pbk £4.99 ISBN 1-84354-179-3
Posy Simmonds
The Baker's Cat All day long the baker's cat toils in the bakery and all night he is expected to catch the mice that run riot in the storeroom. If he doesn't catch any mice, the beastly baker tells him, he won't get any food. Too exhausted to chase after the cheeky rodents, the baker's cat becomes thin and sad and weepy, until the mice take pity on him and together they concoct a clever plan.
Reading age 3 to 6, interest level 3 to 6
Jonathan Cape Children's Books 2004 hbk £10.99 ISBN 0-224-07004-5
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Bouncing Buffalo Polly and Jack's parents can't afford to run their antique shop any more and cranky Mr Fowler decides he's going to convert it into a restaurant. The children are very upset over parting with the angry buffalo and the sad bear, but they are saved at the last moment in the most unusual way.
Reading age 4 to 7, interest level 4 to 7
Red Fox 1996 pbk £4.99 ISBN 0-09-965071-1
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0284020E00YnR287F405
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds The F-freezing ABC Anteater, Bear, Cat and Duck are freezing cold, and so go on a journey in search of somewhere warm and cosy. On their way, they meet some weird and wonderful alphabetical creatures and sights - yaks playing xylophones, and "chopslicking" foxes for starters.
Reading age 3 to 6, interest level 3 to 6
Red Fox 1998 pbk £4.99 ISBN 0-09-955001-6
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0284020E00YnR287F405
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Fred Who really knows what goes on behind closed cat-flaps? The cat's out of the bag when Sophie and Nick discover their pet, Fred, has been leading a secret double life. By day he's the laziest cat in the world - but by night he's a singing, dancing superstar.
Reading age 4 to 8, interest level 4 to 8
Red Fox 1998 pbk £4.99 ISBN 0-09-926412-9
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Gemma Bovery Is is a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubert's notorious heroine? Is it by chance that, like Madame Bovary, Gemma is bored, adulterous, and a bad credit risk? Is she inevitably doomed? These questions consume her neighbour.
Jonathan Cape 1999 hbk £14.99 ISBN 0-224-05251-9
Jonathan Cape 1999 pbk £9.99 ISBN 0-224-06114-3
Posy Simmonds
Gemma Bovery Posy Simmond’s witty reinvention of Madame Bovary is a wonderfully funny and sustained account of a life that ends tragically. When Gemma Bovary arrives in France with her dull husband she finds diversions in a local man, Patrick Large. However, she then dies under mysterious circumstances and it is up to the village baker, a character who underpins the story and aims to discover the truth of the matter.
Jonathan Cape 2000 pbk £10.99 ISBN 0-22406-114-3
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Lavender Whenever there is the slightest hint of danger, Lavender the rabbit can be relied upon to help. So when a group of tourist town foxes arrive on their very first visit to the countryside, Lavender is very wary indeed, even though the foxes think that the idea of eating rabbits is just sick. When the town foxes invite the rabbits to a party, Lavender has no intention of going until her fellow rabbits tease her for being chicken. Incensed, Lavender joins the group and even perseveres when the others decide that the situation has become a bit scary. As the town foxes come face to face with their hungry country cousins, something happens that ensures Lavender will return home a heroine!
Reading age 4 to 7, interest level 4 to 7
Jonathan Cape 2003 hbk £10.99 ISBN 0-224-04729-9
Red Fox 2004 pbk £9.99 ISBN 0-09-941362-0
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Literary Life This work consists of approximately fifty 'Literary Life' cartoons, as serialized weekly every Saturday in the 'Guardian Review',and a selection of short stories.
Jonathan Cape 2003 hbk £14.99 ISBN 0-224-07269-2
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Lulu and the Chocolate Wedding Lulu is very excited. Her aunt is getting married and she is going to be a bridesmaid. Unfortunately she eats a bit too much chocolate and the next day is too ill to go to the church. In her family's absence, she has a fantastic chocolate-fuelled adventure, shrinking to the size of a mouse and joining the sugar bridegroom from her aunt's wedding cake in a dramatic rescue of his blushing bride from the clutches of some gangster mice. Helped by Willy's chocolate soldiers, Lulu's chocolate kittens and a discarded slice of beetroot, they manage to rescue the bride and scramble back onto the cake before the wedding guests arrive. Lulu wakes up feeling much better and joins in the party, wondering whether it was all a dream...
Reading age 3 to 6, interest level 3 to 6
Red Fox 2003 pbk £5.99 ISBN 0-09-945116-6
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0284020E00YnR287F405
Posy Simmonds
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Lulu and the Flying Babies All because of baby Willy, Lulu had to go to the museum. She didn't want to see the dinosaur or those pictures - she wanted to play in the snow. So she sat on a bench and picked her nose. 'That's filthy! Use your hanky not your sleeve!' said a small voice behind her. Before Lulu knew it, she was swept off by two cherubs and taken on a wonderful flying tour of the museum, where she and her new friends rolled in the snow and splashed in the sea, growled at a tiger and even fed crisps to a king's horse!
Reading age 6 to 8, interest level 6 to 8
Red Fox 2003 pbk £5.99 ISBN 0-09-945115-8
Kit Wright
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds Cat Among the Pigeons There are poems about a dreadful little brother and about the irrepressible Dave Dirt, anti-hero of several of Kit Wright's earlier poems in this collection.
Reading age 6 to 9, interest level 6 to 9
Puffin Books 1989 pbk £4.99 ISBN 0-14-032367-8
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth226
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