By John Burningham (author)
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This story tells about the Hargraves baby, who is born into a very weak family but grows super-strong once its mother begins feeding it mashed avocado.
A new edition of the classic board book beautifully reissued - celebrating the power of babies... and avocados!The Hargraves are a weak and puny family. When a new baby arrives, they're willing to try anything to make it grow big and strong. Even avocado . . ."Amusing for adults, impressive for toddlers, good for greengrocers" The Observer"John Burningham is one of the most outstanding author-illustrators of children's books today . . ." Twentieth-Century Children's WritersJohn Burningham is the much-loved creator of Mr Gumpy's Outing and Would You Rather.
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A new edition of the classic board book beautifully reissued - celebrating the power of babies... and avocados! The Hargraves are a weak and puny family. When a new baby arrives, they're willing to try anything to make it grow big and strong. Even avocado . . . "Amusing for adults, impressive for toddlers, good for greengrocers" The Observer "John Burningham is one of the most outstanding author-illustrators of children's books today . . ." Twentieth-Century Children's Writers John Burningham is the much-loved creator of Mr Gumpy's Outing and Would You Rather.
John Burningham (1936-2019) studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art, graduating with distinction in 1959. Many illustration commissions followed including iconic posters for London Transport, before the publication of Borka: the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers , John’s first book for children (Cape, 1963) which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration and heralded the beginning of an extraordinary career. John Burningham has since written and illustrated over thirty picture books, that have been translated and distributed all over the world. These feature his classic and much loved children’s books including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , by Ian Fleming (Jonathan Cape, 1964); Mr Gumpy’s Outing (Jonathan Cape, 1970) also awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Jonathan Cape, 1972); The Shopping Basket (Random House, 1980); The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Penguin/Puffin, 1983); Granpa (Jonathan Cape, 1984) later made into an animated film and Oi! Get off our Train (Jonathan Cape, 1989) and various books for adults England (Jonathan Cape, 1992); France (Jonathan Cape, 1998); The Time of Your Life (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002) and When We Were Young (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004).
Tug of War was republished in 2012, and a special edition of Borka, celebrating 50 years in print, was published in June 2013. Picnic appeared in the autumn of 2013 and The Way to the Zoo was published in the UK in 2014. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is celebrating its 50th year in print with a limited edition in hardback to be published in 2015.
John was married to the illustrator, Helen Oxenbury.
A new edition of the classic board book beautifully reissued - celebrating the power of babies... and avocados!The Hargraves are a weak and puny family. When a new baby arrives, they're willing to try anything to make it grow big and strong.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Avocado Baby and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Avocado Baby features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
Board book, Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Avocado Baby was written by John Burningham and published by Jonathan Cape an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Avocado Baby has 32 pages
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