Carnival of the Clocks

Description

On a dark winter's evening at the end of December, something strange is happening in the school playground. Lessons finished long ago, but there are lots of children still at school and they're all carrying ... clocks! Clocks of every shape and size - big, small, round and square, heart-shaped, star-shaped. What's going on? Join the children and find out as they celebrate the winter solstice on the shortest day of the year - marching through the town in the Carnival of the Clocks!

Author and illustrator Nick Sharratt has created illustrations for over two hundred and fifty books. As well as producing around sixty of his own titles he's worked with numerous writers including Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen, Giles Andreae and Kes Gray, his most famous collaboration being with Jacqueline Wilson, for whom he's illustrated more than fifty novels. His books include Ketchup on Your Cornflakes? the Shark in the Park series and the million-selling You Choose. He has won many national and regional book prizes, he has been the official illustrator for World Book Day, and he has also been honoured with a gold Blue Peter badge!

"Full of warmth and excitement" -- BookTrust "This boldly illustrated book is perfectly pitched for newly confident readers and is sure to give them a huge sense of satisfaction ... To create a story that is successful on so many levels for this age group is not easy; Nick Sharratt has done a superb job." -- Kate Hitchings, Just Imagine "A tick-tocking, fun-filled read that fizzes like a firework, explodes with colour, and is full of energy and excitement" -- A Word About Books