By Hiawyn Oram (author) , Satoshi Kitamura (illustrator)
"Beautiful, important, profound – a perfect picture book"
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August 2022 Book of the Month
With some of the most beautiful picture book illustrations you’ll ever see, and a text that is sublime in its pace and simplicity, this is a perfect picture book, one to stand alongside Not Now, Bernard and Where the Wild Things Are in the crispness of its understanding of a child’s world.
Arthur wants to stay up late to watch TV. When Mum says no, he gets angry. As other adults in his family calmly tell him ‘That’s enough’, Arthur gets angrier, his rage eventually consuming everything around him, until it becomes a ‘universequake’ and ‘Arthur’s country, and Arthur’s town, his street, his house, his garden and his bedroom, (page turn), were nothing more than bits in space’.
Every child, and indeed, every one of us, has experienced deep, frustrated rage, nowhere has it been more perfectly depicted. There’s a perfect ending too, peace restored in a way that is both a surprise and inevitable. A must for every child’s bookshelf.
Arthur wants to stay up late and watch TV, and when his mum says no, Arthur gets very angry. His anger becomes a storm cloud, a hurricane, an earthquake that has shockwaves in space.
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What will help Arthur calm down?
The original anger management book, Angry Arthur has been helping frustrated children and exasperated parents for almost 40 years!
The powerful economy of Hiawyn Oram's text is brilliantly interpreted by Satoshi Kitamura's mischievously detailed illustrations. - Guardian
I'd like to have written or illustrated a book as perfect as Angry Arthur. - Guardian
Kitamura is one of the world's most original and stylish children's illustrators. - Sunday Times
Kitamura's arresting, thought-provoking drawings confirm him as one of our finest and most versatile illustrators. - The Guardian
Hiawyn Oram was brought up in South Africa. She was a professional actor before coming to England, where she has worked as an advertising copywriter and has had numerous books published.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Angry Arthur and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Angry Arthur features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Fiction PSHE Titles, Star Books, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Angry Arthur was written by Hiawyn Oram and published by Andersen Press Ltd
Angry Arthur has 32 pages
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