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Fog Island Hardcover – Picture Book, April 16, 2013
- Reading age6 - 9 years
- Print length48 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 4
- Dimensions9.5 x 0.38 x 12.5 inches
- PublisherPhaidon Press
- Publication dateApril 16, 2013
- ISBN-100714865354
- ISBN-13978-0714865355
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"It's marvellous and it's cuckoo and it's that kind of veracity that's always made for good children's literature."―Maurice Sendak on Tomi Ungerer's work
"Tomi Ungerer has been proving the pen is mightier than the sword for six decades - [a] style marked by great originality of illustrative technique, and a use of language that refused to patronise his young readers."―John Dunnng, Dazed & Confused
About the Author
Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in 1931 and landed in New York in 1956 with $60 in his pocket and a suitcase full of drawings. Overnight he became a star as a caricaturist, illustrator and children's book author and has published more than 80 books in ten years. As a graphic artist he created advertising campaigns for Willy Brandt and The New York Times. In 1998, Tomi Ungerer was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration and has become an internationally renowned artist. He now divides his time between Strasbourg and Ireland.
Product details
- Publisher : Phaidon Press; Reprint edition (April 16, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 48 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0714865354
- ISBN-13 : 978-0714865355
- Reading age : 6 - 9 years
- Grade level : 1 - 4
- Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.5 x 0.38 x 12.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #998,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,178 in Children's Siblings Books (Books)
- #6,631 in Children's Mystery, Detective, & Spy
- #14,963 in Children's Fantasy & Magic Books
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About the author
Tomi Ungerer was born is Strasbourg in 1931, moved to the US in 1956 and now lives in Ireland. His first children's book "The Mellops go Flying" was published by Harper in 1957. This was to be the first in a series of very successful and unusual children's titles.
For a full biography see his official site - TomiUngerer.com
Tomi is a prolific artist, author and illustrator and has been awarded a wide range of prizes, accolades and honours in recognition of his work including:
- Legion d'Honneur France (1990)
- Order of the Deutsches Bundesverdienstdreuz Germany (1993)
- National Prize for Graphic Arts France (1995)
- Hans Christian Andersen Prize for children's literature (1998)
- European Prize for Culture (1999)
- Officer of the Legion d'Honneur France (2000)
- Named Goodwill Ambassador for Childhood and Education of European Council (2003)
- Erich Käistner Literary Prize (2004)
- Awarded an honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Karlsruhe (2004)
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and keep it in a special childs bookcase in case they
want to pull it out themselves and go thru it to see
the pictures or read
on their own.
the drawings are also so great.