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A quirky, funny picture book story about a family visit to a safari park - Michael Foreman at his best! Norman is good little boy who never tells a lie. Honest. It’s just that sometimes his parents don’t believe him. Like the time they were all staying at the safari park and came back one evening to discover that their room had been wrecked. Norman said it was the wild animals who had made all the mess. But that couldn’t be right . . . or could it?
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Norman's Ark Synopsis
Norman is good little boy who never tells a lie. Honest. It's just that sometimes his parents don't believe him. Like the time they were all staying at the safari park and came back one evening to discover that their room had been wrecked. Norman said it was the wild animals who had made all the mess. But that couldn't be right, or could it?
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9781842705582 |
Publication date: |
1st June 2006 |
Author: |
Michael Foreman |
Publisher: |
Andersen Press Ltd |
Format: |
Paperback |
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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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