When Charley Met Granpa

Author: Amy Hest

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  • : $16.95 AUD
  • : 9781406355666
  • : Walker Books, Limited
  • : Walker Books Ltd
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  • : August 2014
  • : 250mm X 210mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : October 2014
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  • : Amy Hest
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  • : Paperback
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  • : Helen Oxenbury
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  • : 813.6
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  • : 40
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  • : chiefly illustrations (colour)
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Barcode 9781406355666
9781406355666

Description

Dear Grandpa...When are you coming to see Charley? Bring a big suitcase and stay a long time and l'Il meet you at the station...Readers fell in love with Henry and his truly adorable new puppy, Charley, in Charley's First Night. In this beautiful follow-up title, Henry hopes - very much - that his grandpa, who is coming for a visit, will love Charley just as much as he does (a LOT). But Grandpa is a little wary of dogs...he's never been friends with one before. Luckily, Charley isn't any ordinary little puppy, he's a very smart one and this could be the beginning of a very beautiful friendship indeed...This is a dream team pairing of two beloved picture books creators: author Amy Hest and illustrator Helen Oxenbury. It is a warm, yet sweetly humorous depiction of the bond between both a boy and his dog and a boy and his grandfather. Just try to resist all the warmth and feeling in both the text and illustrations!

Author description

Amy Hest was born in New York City and raised on Long Island. She is the author of more than thirty books for young readers including When Jessie Came Across the Sea, illustrated by P.J. Lynch, and Kiss Good Night, Sam, a New York Times bestseller. She is a three-time winner of the Christopher Medal and winner of the Boston Glove Book Award, more usually known as the Boston GLOBE Book Award. She lives in New York. Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically acclaimed illustrators of her time. Her numerous books for children include Smarties Book Prize-winning Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell; We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; as well as her classic board books for babies. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Alice in Wonderland. Her most recent picture book was the critically acclaimed There's Going to Be a Baby, the first book-publishing collaboration between her and her husband John Burningham. Helen lives in London, NW3.