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My Grandad
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From the globally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed picture book legend, Anthony Browne, comes a picture book for each and every grandad. A celebration of grandads everywhere! Grandads - all different and all a little bit the same... We love our grandads and they love us! Award-winning author and illustrator...
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From the globally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed picture book legend, Anthony Browne, comes a picture book for each and every grandad.
A celebration of grandads everywhere!
Grandads - all different and all a little bit the same... We love our grandads and they love us!
Award-winning author and illustrator and former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne shares a warm look at the relationship between grandad and grandchild.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241649619
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Puffin
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 228.0mm
Height: 274.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard, My Dad, Voices in the Park(winner of Kurt Maschler Award) and Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books. Anthony was also the first British winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, one of the highest international honours for illustration. His work has been widely exhibited and his books are published all over the world.
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