Overview
""How I Lost My Ear is an extraordinary imaginative achievement."" ""Adam Beck is a master storyteller, a master of invention."" ""Reminds me of the best of Roald Dahl."" The epic, laugh-out-loud novel from author Adam Beck and illustrator Simon Farrow. A wildly entertaining page-turner for both children and adults, to read alone or read aloud. Finalist in both the Readers' Favorite 2019 International Book Award Contest and the 2019 IAN Book of the Year Awards. Grandpa Gristle spins the story of a book-loving boy and his spiraling adventure with a state champion marching band, a moody grandmother with beautiful blond curls, a long-lost hero and his three-legged moose, a dancing bear, a poisonous spider, a baby-snatching owl, a shaggy yak of a man and his snapping turtle, a cold-hearted sheriff and his grinning deputy, a herd of 144 spitting llamas--and a very large, very hungry ogre.
Full Product Details
Author: Adam Beck ,
Simon Farrow
Publisher: Bilingual Adventures
Imprint: Bilingual Adventures
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.558kg
ISBN: 9784908629037
ISBN 10: 490862903
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 30 January 2018
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Brilliant...an extraordinary imaginative achievement, utterly delightful, and a pleasure from start to finish. One minute it's laugh out loud stuff, the next it's heart in the mouth tension, and then it can be suddenly rather moving... It is wonderful, wonderful stuff. --Andrew Norriss, children's author and winner of the Whitbread Award for Aquila Powerful, whimsical, and utterly hilarious. It reminds me of the best of Roald Dahl with a little bit of J.D. Salinger thrown in. You will love this book! --Josh Selig, Emmy Award-winning creator of The Wonder Pets on Nickelodeon Wackiness that I love, and done so well. Such an enjoyable book. --Bill Harley, Grammy-winning children's musician, storyteller, and author of the popular Charlie Bumpers series
Author Information
Adam Beck worked for many years in children's theater as a director and playwright. He is the author of the award-winning humorous novel for children and adults titled How I Lost My Ear (illustrated by Simon Farrow), which critics have called ""an extraordinary imaginative achievement"" and compared to ""the best of Roald Dahl.""He is also the author of the popular books Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability and Bilingual Success Stories Around the World, both praised worldwide by parents and leaders in the field of child bilingualism for their practical and empowering approach to the bilingual aim. He is also the author of the playful ""picture book for adults"" titled I WANT TO BE BILINGUAL! (illustrated by Pavel Goldaev), which emphasizes the most important information parents need for realizing joyful success on a bilingual journey.In addition, he created 28 Bilingual English-Spanish Fairy Tales & Fables, a language learning resource containing short, simple texts on dual-facing English and Spanish pages. This engaging book, with online audio, is useful for any learner of Spanish or English, from kids to adults.Adam is the founder of the influential blog Bilingual Monkeys (https: //bilingualmonkeys.com) and the lively forum The Bilingual Zoo (https: //bilingualzoo.com). Along with his books and his online writing, he provides powerful, one-to-one support for parents raising bilingual and multilingual children through Bilingual SuperKids (https: //bilingualsuperkids.com), his private coaching program. Simon Farrow was educated at Loughborough College of Art and Design and has worked as a packaging designer and commercial illustrator for many years. He lives in Leicester, England.
