LoveReading4Kids Says
Award-winning Michael Foreman’s exuberant pictures perfectly capture the essence of a family day out.
From sunrise to moonset Mum, Dad and Little Bear enjoy time on the beach with sun and sand and ice creams before heading home for tea and loving family fun before bedtime.
Both words and pictures have a glorious simplicity that make them perfect for sharing. Happy Days! Has a sense of fun that leaves readers smiling!
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Happy Times! Synopsis
A heart-warming depiction of family life from multi-award winning picture book creator Michael Foreman OBE.
From sunrise to sunset, breakfast time to playtime, time to go to the beach, bedtime, story time and - finally - sweet dreams time: Michael Foreman celebrates every wonderful moment of a day spent together as a family, creating special memories to treasure for ever.
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9781839130311 |
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6th July 2023 |
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Michael Foreman |
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Michael Foreman |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Paperback |
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32 pages |
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About Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman was our Guest Editor in March 2010 - click here - to see the books that inspired his writing.
Michael Foreman was born in Suffolk in 1938, and studied at Lowestoft School of Art, St Martin’s, London, and the Royal College of Art, where he won a scholarship to the USA in 1963. He has worked as an Art Director at Playboy and King magazines and still works as Art Editor of the literary journal Ambit.
He has also made animated films in Scandinavia and for the BBC. His first book, The General, (a picture book published in 1961), dealt with disarmament and received rave reviews. Since then he has illustrated more than thirty of his own books and over a hundred by authors as varied as Shakespeare, J.M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm and former Python, Terry Jones. He has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading illustrators and has won numerous prizes including the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal (twice), the Francis Williams Prize (twice) and the Aigle d’Argent at the Festival International du Livre in France. Michael is married and has three sons.
He spends most of his time in London, but regularly visits St Ives, Cornwall, where he owns the painter Ben Nicholson’s old house.
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