Would You Rather?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Would You Rather?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Burningham
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 295,Width 257
ISBN/Barcode 9780099200413
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Children / Juvenile
Illustrations 1; 1

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Red Fox
Publication Date 20 January 1994
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Would you rather dance with a goat or tickle a monkey, help a witch make a stew or help Santa deliver presents, or eat spider stew or mashed worms? This book depicts such unlikely alternatives. John Burningham's many other books include "Aldo", "Trublov", "Borka" and "Oi! Get Off Our Train".

Author Biography

John Burningham studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art, graduating with distinction in 1959. Many illustration commissions followed including iconic posters for London Transport, before the publication of Borka: the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, John's first book for children (Cape, 1963) which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration and heralded the beginning of an extraordinary career. John Burningham has since written and illustrated over thirty picture books, that have been translated and distributed all over the world. These feature his classic and much loved children's books including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming (Jonathan Cape, 1964); Mr Gumpy's Outing (Jonathan Cape, 1970) also awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Jonathan Cape, 1972); The Shopping Basket (Random House, 1980); The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Penguin/Puffin, 1983); Granpa (Jonathan Cape, 1984) later made into an animated film and Oi! Get off our Train (Jonathan Cape, 1989) and various books for adults England (Jonathan Cape, 1992); France (Jonathan Cape, 1998); The Time of Your Life (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002) and When We Were Young (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004). John is married to the illustrator, Helen Oxenbury. They have three children, three grandchildren and a dog named Miles. They live in London.

Reviews

The interactive element that makes kids engage their imaginations is surely what makes it a keeper * Time Out *