From author and illustrator Tom Percival, creator of the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, a beautifully illustrated, uplifting picture book that is bursting with kindness and good deeds. Alfonzo the goat couldn’t be happier. He’s just got himself a dashing new coat and he feels like a million dollars. But when he discovers some creatures in need of help, will Alfonzo be able to part with his treasured possession to save the day? Let me tell you the tale of Alfonzo the goat who was terribly fond of his lovely new coat ...The perfect picture-book pick-me-up showing that love, kindness and friendship make the best recipe for happiness.
CONTRIBUTORS: Tom Percival, Christine PymEAN: 9781408881019COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 209 gHEIGHT: 300 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Clothing & DressWIDTH: 237 cmSPINE:
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For primary education, For National Curriculum Early Years (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 3 years, Picture storybooks, Early years: verse, rhymes and wordplay
A real winner - great to look at and with a feel-good factor to match., A story that leaves the reader feeling warm and happy., The perfect picture book pick-me-up showing that love, kindness and friendship make the best recipe for happiness., Tom Percival’s rhyming cuddle of a tale is the perfect antidote to the current political climate demonstrating so beautifully that happiness lies not in possessions or self-interest but in friendship and selflessness., A lovely rhyming story about friendship, kindness and sharing that leaves you with a smile on your face
Tom Percival had an unconventional childhood in a remote and beautiful part of South Shropshire and these formative years are almost certainly what first got him interested in writing and drawing. Tom is now a writer, artist, video producer and musician. He is the author of many bestselling picture books, including the six titles in his award-winning Big Bright Feelings for Bloomsbury (Perfectly Norman, Ruby's Worry, Ravi's Roar, Meesha Makes Friends, Tilda Tries Again and Milo’s Monster). He lives in Gloucestershire with his partner, their two children and a dog called Luna. tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
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From author and illustrator Tom Percival, creator of the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, a beautifully illustrated, uplifting picture book that is bursting with kindness and good deeds. Alfonzo the goat couldn’t be happier. He’s just got himself a dashing new coat and he feels like a million dollars. But when he discovers some creatures in need of help, will Alfonzo be able to part with his treasured possession to save the day? Let me tell you the tale of Alfonzo the goat who was terribly fond of his lovely new coat ...The perfect picture-book pick-me-up showing that love, kindness and friendship make the best recipe for happiness.
CONTRIBUTORS: Tom Percival, Christine PymEAN: 9781408881019COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 209 gHEIGHT: 300 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Clothing & DressWIDTH: 237 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
For primary education, For National Curriculum Early Years (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 3 years, Picture storybooks, Early years: verse, rhymes and wordplay
Tom Percival had an unconventional childhood in a remote and beautiful part of South Shropshire and these formative years are almost certainly what first got him interested in writing and drawing. Tom is now a writer, artist, video producer and musician. He is the author of many bestselling picture books, including the six titles in his award-winning Big Bright Feelings for Bloomsbury (Perfectly Norman, Ruby's Worry, Ravi's Roar, Meesha Makes Friends, Tilda Tries Again and Milo’s Monster). He lives in Gloucestershire with his partner, their two children and a dog called Luna. tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
Mevrou Smit het Aronspoort toe gekom om vir haarself ’n nuwe lewe en identiteit te bewerk, nie om gewild te wees nie. “Daar is geen wag voor daai mond nie. Al die gedagtes wat in haar kop uitbroei, marsjeer soos mank soldate oor haar tong.” (p.16). Maar dit is juis daardie gedagtes wat al menige moord opgelos het, dit terwyl sy vir haarself streng reëls gestel het vir “goeie” gedrag en verbete daaraan werk om daarby te hou. Reëls soos om te oorleef en te luister na jou instinkte. “My derde reël is om nie my tyd te mors met retrospeksie nie” (p.78), verduidelik sy aan Dario wat in hierdie aflewering weer ’n hoopvolle draai kom maak. Die uitstekende skryfstyl van Elizabeth Wasserman verseker dat mevrou Smit konsekwent, sonder aansien des persoons, hou by haar reëls.
Ek moet bieg dat hierdie derde sage van mevrou Smit vir my ietwat stadig afgeskop het. Daar was nie juis dringendheid rondom die ontdekking van ’n dekade-oue menslike oorskot in die rivierbank nie. Maar wanneer daar ’n vars moord vermoed word, tel mevrou Smit se bloedhond instinkte spoed op. En die krisis na die einde toe is so spannend as wat ’n sogenaamde sagte krimi kan toelaat.
Ek sukkel deesdae toenemend met reekse. Ek vergeet die fynere detail van vorige boeke (ouderdom of té veel storielyne?) en dan sukkel my kop deurentyd om te onthou. Dus sou ek beslis beter gevaar het om die drie boeke agtereenvolgens te lees. Nuwe Mevrou Smit lesers wat nie noodwendig alles wil weet van haar vorige lewe en die voorafgaande avonture op Aronspoort nie, behoort suksesvol te kan volstaan met die intrige soos hier aangebied.