By Michael Foreman (author) , Michael Foreman (illustrator)
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Award-winning author/illustrator Michael Foreman brilliantly releases everyone’s favourite characters from a story and turns them into a powerful new army which can stop the building of a new superstore and so save a very special bookshop. Led by Origami Girl, Puss in Boots, Alice and the White Rabbit, the Tin Man and Toad of Toad Hall storm the Houses of Parliament to persuade them to stop plans.
When that doesn’t work, Origami Girl calls up reinforcements and soon Robin Hood, Long John Silver, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant and the Little Princess are squaring up to the bulldozers and diggers on the building site. Can the Origami army win? Michael Foreman celebrates the power of favourite characters to win over hearts and minds! ~ Julia Eccleshare
When the Mayor decides to close down Joey's favourite bookshop in order to build a big superstore, Joey calls upon his friend, Origami Girl, to help. Origami Girl creates an army out of characters from famous children's books to put a stop to the mayor and the builders before it is too late!
'One of the great British illustrators, Foreman comes out strongly this time for endangered booksellers and libraries' -- Nicholas Tucker Independent
'Michael Foreman celebrates the power of favourite characters to win over hearts and minds!' Lovereading, Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month
'A must for librarians and lovers of books everywhere.' The School Librarian
'Michael Foreman deserves all the applause he gets.' Independent
'Michael Foreman has a flair for turning a book into a special occasion.' Quentin Blake
Michael Foreman was our Guest Editor in March 2010 - click here - to see the books that inspired his writing.
Michael Foreman was born in Suffolk in 1938, and studied at Lowestoft School of Art, St Martin’s, London, and the Royal College of Art, where he won a scholarship to the USA in 1963. He has worked as an Art Director at Playboy and King magazines and still works as Art Editor of the literary journal Ambit.
He has also made animated films in Scandinavia and for the BBC. His first book, The General , (a picture book published in 1961), dealt with disarmament and received rave reviews. Since then he has illustrated more than thirty of his own books and over a hundred by authors as varied as Shakespeare, J.M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm and former Python, Terry Jones. He has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading illustrators and has won numerous prizes including the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal (twice), the Francis Williams Prize (twice) and the Aigle d’Argent at the Festival International du Livre in France. Michael is married and has three sons.
He spends most of his time in London, but regularly visits St Ives, Cornwall, where he owns the painter Ben Nicholson’s old house.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommended Children's eBooks
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The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army was written by Michael Foreman and published by Andersen Press Ltd
The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army has 32 pages
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