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Crazy Hair

Neil Gaiman author Dave McKean illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:3rd May '10

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Crazy Hair cover

Bestselling, award-winning Gaiman and McKean collaborate again in this stunning book A warm father/daughter picture book perfect for reading aloud or alone Shortlisted for the 2010 Kate Greenaway Award

A bright, bold and inventive picture book from award-winning duo Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean Shortlisted for the 2010 Kate Greenaway AwardA father and daughter discover the joys of his crazy hair in this brilliant picture book. Bonnie tries to tame her father's hair, but to no avail, as birds and beasts of every type jostle for space amongst the curls and tresses of this hirsute book. A warm and funny conversational text combine beautifully with Dave McKean's edgy and dramatic illustrations to make this another perfect picture book by Gaiman and McKean.

'Electrifying and very funny ... a hymn to the unexpected ... more thrilling than threatening ... Parents will enjoy reading it aloud at bedtimes, bathtimes or before those dreaded preschool visits to the hairdresser at the end of the school holidays' Saturday Times 'Individual spreads are breathtaking; the whole book is astonishing: vibrant, funny, mysterious and inspiring' Books for Keeps 'A work of unique luminescence ... that pays testament to the power of the imagination' The Bookseller There are few picturebook-makers as cool as Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman, and their latest collaboration is wild ... distortions and magnifications make the images strange and dark, rivaling the text for energy and verve' Nicolette Jones, The Times

  • Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal 2010

ISBN: 9780747595991

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

32 pages