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African Animal Tales: Awkward Aardvark

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title African Animal Tales: Awkward Aardvark
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mwalimu
Illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway
SeriesAfrican Animal Tales
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 260,Width 214
ISBN/Barcode 9780340525814
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Children's (6-12)
Edition 2nd edition
Illustrations Colour Illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Imprint Hodder Children's Books
Publication Date 14 April 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Aardvark's snoring keeps the other animals awake night after night. Something has got to be done! Mongoose calls on the others for help, but it is not until the termites get involved that the problem is solved.

Author Biography

Author: Mwalimu is the pseudonym of journalist and novelist Peter Upton and this was his first book for children. Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway moved from Kenya to London when she was 15 to study at the Ealing School of Art. Later she attended L'Academia de Belle Arte in Rome. It was on her return to Kenya that she began illustrating the picture books that have made her well known.

Reviews

Illustrated with glorious full-page watercolours with wonderful close-ups of the charming animals * Kirkus *