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Vivian French was best known at school for talking too much. She continued her attachment to words by becoming first an actor, then a storyteller and finally a writer of children's books. She now travels all over the world, telling stories and swapping ideas about books and writing with children and adults . . . and, she admits, she still talks too much.
Hedgehogs Don't Eat Hamburgers
Sparkle Street: Dominic Domino's Toy Shop
Sparkle Street: Kitty Word's Bookshop
I Am Reading with CD: Mrs Hippo's Pizza Parlour
Sparkle Street: The Missing Mice
Sparkle Street: Bubble Trouble
Sparkle Street: The Daisy Disaster
Sparkle Street: Spells and Showers
Sparkle Street: Wizard Stargazer's Magic Shop
Sparkle Street: Rosa Bloom's Flower Shop
Sparkle Street: Barnaby Baker's Cake Shop
Sparkle Street: Lizzie Ribbon's Hat Shop
Sharp Sheep
Shock Shop: Wicked Chickens
Shock Shop: Wicked Chickens (HB)
The Snow Dragon
To this brilliant book, perfect for the holidays! The Snow Dragon by Vivian French from Corgi Childrens
12 days ago
So thrilled to see this back in print. Read it! It’s a hugely important book... I’ve been talking about it for (gasp!) forty years. pic.twitter.com/al8raACny8
4 years ago
Read a Book Day. Why not try Hedgehogs Don't Eat Hamburgers by Vivian French.
Illustrations by Richard Floethe for The Dream Book by Margaret Wise Brown, pub. Random House Inc. 1950.
Molly Rogers is out and about! A perfect read aloud (as one would expect of any book by @CorneliaFunke ) and gorgeous to look at, (as one would expect of any book illustrated by @kasiatwits ) Molly Rogers to the Rescue is an all-round perfect piratical treat. @BarringtonStoke
Children! Come and help me answer the Impossible Question - Why Are There So Many Books About Bears? @MarlbLitFest I'll bring puppets, costumes, songs and a special surprise guest, if you bring yourselves. It WILL be fun, I promise. There might even be CAKE! @HachetteKids
Cover illustration by Richard Floethe for The Dream Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Random House 1950.
#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is by Edward Gorey for "The Doubtful Guest" (1957). Deliciously dark & gorgeously Gothic, the aptly named Gorey's intricate line & shading are ideal for this curious take of an unwelcome guest who has remained 17 years. I can't think of anything worse!
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