The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd
Published:6th Oct '16
Should be back in stock very soon
Unforgettable 2015 Caldecott Medal Winning tale about friendship, imagination, and the courage to find one's place in the world.
On one very special day an imaginary friend is born on an island far away. Here, he and his other imaginary friends play all day and each night they sit beneath the stars, hoping and waiting for their turn to be picked, to be imagined, by a real child.A highly acclaimed Caldecott Medal-winning picture book about the world of imaginary friends from master picture book-maker Dan Santat. On one very special day an imaginary friend is born on an island far away. Here, he and his other imaginary friends play all day and each night they sit beneath the stars, hoping and waiting for their turn to be picked, to be imagined, by a real child. But this particular imaginary friend waits and waits, and still no child imagines him. So he does the unimaginable – he sets off into the real world and meets shy, bookish girl named Alice. . . 'A sweet, mind-bending gumdrop of a tale' NEW YORK TIMES 'Bursting at the seams with charm' HUFFINGTON POST 'Charming' - GUARDIAN, The Best New Children's Books
"A sweet, mind-bending gumdrop of a tale" * New York Times *
"Bursting at the seams with charm" * Huffington Post *
"Charming" * Guardian, The Best New Children's Books *
"A feel-good tale about friendship, childhood and finding your place in the world" -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
"A wonderful book about friendship, imagination and courage... This is a book to treasure, and its enduring message about friendship will not date." * Books for Keeps *
- Winner of Caldecott Medal.
ISBN: 9781783443857
Dimensions: 280mm x 215mm x 8mm
Weight: 210g
40 pages