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Once Upon an Ordinary School Day

Colin McNaughton author Satoshi Kitamura illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd

Published:4th Aug '05

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An exhilarating new story about an inspirational teacher and the influence of music on the imagination, written by Colin MacNaughton and illustrated by the prize-winning artist, Satoshi Kitamura, for whom it was written.

It was an ordinary morning when the ordinary boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school - but then Mr Gee bounced into the classroom and everything changed. And the ordinary boy began to write: the words just tumbled out of him pell-mell.It was an ordinary morning when the ordinary boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school - but then Mr Gee bounced into the classroom and everything changed. Mr Gee plays rousing music which thunders around the classroom, and asks what it makes them think of. The dull grey world has been transformed into one of colour and excitement. 'Write a story about it!' laughs Mr Gee. And the ordinary boy began to write: the words just tumbled out of him pell-mell. And the places he went to, and the things he saw were extraordinary!

"Inspiring" * Sunday Times *
"A poetic rhapsody on the power of music." * Independent *
"Literally too wonderful for words." -- Jane Doonan * T.E.S. *

ISBN: 9781842704691

Dimensions: 270mm x 220mm x 4mm

Weight: 200g

32 pages