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It's Princess Florrie's birthday. She is tired of all the usual entertainment - jugglers, jesters and acrobats and wants something a little unusual for her party.
Something like a dreadful dragon.
The rest of the palace is convinced he's too dreadful, but Princess Florrie likes a challenge so she decides to write him a letter!
About the Author
An grew up in Belgium. As a child she spent a lot of time drawing and writing and looking after successive generations of guinea-pigs. She moved to London in 1989 to study animation at the Royal College of Art. She has a very successful career as an animator. Her graduation film Little Wolf has won many international awards including Best Film at Annecy 1993. Her new animation series 64 Zoo Lane has been broadcast on BBC1 and BBC2. It's currently showing on CBeebies. An lives in Harrow with her husband and their two children.
A bight and humorous story by the creator of 64 Zoo Lane. -- Family Interest Magazine 'Vrombaut creates a vibrant fairytale setting for the feisty Florrie to spread her wings and crush a few stereotypes along the way.' -- Junior Bags of colour in the big splashy illustrations and a humorous touch with the words make An Vrombaut's Dear Dragon a winner for reading to the threes-plus. -- Newbury Weekly News Highly recommeded for younger readers: A great story with bold illustrations. -- Red House Children's Book Award pamphlet Engaging, with a funky outlook, spunky heroine and quivering courtiers, this tale is sure to be popular and will also help children to recognise that reading is worthwhile and enjoyable. -- Carousel succeed{s} in getting the fine balance of interesting narrative, lively illustration and humour just right. -- Cape Times 20050812
ISBN: 9780340881507
ISBN-10: 034088150X
Audience:
Children
For Ages: 2 - 6 years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 32
Published: 11th August 2005
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 24.6
x 0.7
Weight (kg): 0.159
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