Claude On Holiday (Claude #2)

Author: Alex T. Smith

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  • : $13.00 AUD
  • : 9780340999011
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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  • : 0.18
  • : July 2011
  • : 182mm X 130mm X 8mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 12.99
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  • : Alex T. Smith
  • : Claude
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
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  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 96
  • : YFP
  • : ill
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Barcode 9780340999011
9780340999011

Description

Meet Claude - the ordinary dog with an extraordinary life. Now the star of his very own TV show on Disney Junior with 52 episodes airing in 2018. Sir Bobblysock and Claude go on holiday for the very first time. They build sandcastles, eat ice cream and sunbathe. It is all very normal until ... Claude meets a band of pirates and discovers buried treasure! The second book in this hilarious bestselling series - perfect for new readers and also great for sharing! Praise for the Claude series: 'Illustrated with humour and elegance' The Times 'With quirky illustrations and plenty of humour' Metro Claude in the City was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. Claude Going for Gold won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award. Alex T. Smith was the official World Book Day illustrator in 2014. Follow Alex at alextsmith.com and on Twitter: @Alex_T_Smith

Promotion info

This beret-clad hero is back in another wonderfully funny tale.

Reviews

A handsome creation. - Children's Bookseller An entertaining new series with quirky characterisation and mischievous illustrations. - Bookseller 

Author description

After briefly consdering careers in space travel, cookery and being a rabbit, Alex finally decided to become an illustrator. In 2006 he graduated from Coventry University with a degree in Illustration and won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration. For such a young newcomer, Alex has already achieved great things. His first fiction series - Claude has been selected for the Richard and Judy Children's Book Club 2011 and Bella and Monty recently won the Dundee Award. Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero (Scholastic) was the first picturebook Alex illustrated and it won the Coventry Inspiration Award, and was longlisted for the Greenaway Medal in 2009. Alex was also shortlisted for The Best Emerging Illustrator by The Book Trust in 2008. He has since written and illustrated his own picturebooks including Bella and Monty and Home(Scholastic).