By Geoff Waring (author)
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Oscar is a curious kitten and when he finds a tractor in a field and accidentally sets the windscreen wiper going, he is full of questions about electricity. Luckily Bird is nearby and together they discuss switches, wires, batteries, circuits, power and safety.
As a child, he worried about the big, bad world (Vietnam, the Cold War), but found escape in bird-watching and messing about in ponds. His parents bought him a pre-formed plastic pond for the garden, where he used to feed his pet tench (called Jaws) with woodlice. His parents were actors, so he spent a lot of time in theatres. He always found the models for the sets more exciting than the plays (though not any more!). He drew and painted birds and insects, but then along came girls and punk rock... He left his childhood in Barnet, north London, to study Graphics at Manchester Polytechnic. He graduated in 1984 and fell into magazines, where he's been ever since. Over the years he has been art director of Elle, Red, Vogue Australia and design director of Vogue UK. He is currently the creative director of Glamour magazine. As an illustrator, he has always illustrated ideas, and has hundreds of sketchbooks to prove it. His first books are based on his own cat, Oskar, who he missed when he went to live in Sydney for two years, so he created him as a cartoon. But it'll be almost ten years before he makes it to print. Although he draws a lot with pen and pencil, his books are created solely on the computer in Adobe InDesign, a relatively simple design program (Glamour is designed on it too!), which keeps his pictures bold and simple - almost like having scissors and coloured paper to make a collage. He is not a computer whiz, so to have to learn only one program is fine by him.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Oscar and the Bird and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
Oscar and the Bird features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Animal Stories, Educational: Physics, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Educational: Sciences, general science, Educational: Mathematics, science and technology, general, Educational material
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Oscar and the Bird was written by Geoff Waring and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Oscar and the Bird has 32 pages
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