Fly Away Peter

Description

A classic gem from the 60's brought up-to-date while maintaining a wonderful retro feel. Jeffrey the giraffe with the short neck, and Peter,the bird who can't fly, are delighted to become friends because they are both different. When they decide to play together to cheer each other up, they hardly expect that a game of hide-and-seek will not only involve all the other animals but surprisingly solve their problems. A retro book with a real sixties feel, fondly remembered by many of todays parents, beautifully illustrated by the great Ralph Steadman. A new edition of the classic, long out of print, 1963 story.

Author description

Frank Dickens has had hiswork published in almost every national newspaper and magazine. His first book, 'What the Dickens', a collection of his stories in pictures was published in 1961. He is perhaps best known for his strip-cartoon characters Oddbod and Bristow, for which latter he received the Catoonists Club of Great Britain award for the best strip of the year. Ralph Steadman is a cartoonist and caricaturist famous for doing freelance work for Punch, Private Eye, the Daily Telegraph, the New York Times and Rolling Stone. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures and cartoons and also for illustrating a number of picture books. Awards that he has won for his work include the Francis Williams Book Illustration Award for Alice in Wonderland, the American Society of Illustrators' Certificate of Merit, the W H Smith Illustration Award for I Leonardo, the Dutch Silver Paintbrush Award for Inspector Mouse, the Italian Critica in Erba Prize for That's My Dad, the BBC Design Award for postage stamps, the Black Humour Award in France, and several Designers and Art Directors Association Awards. He was voted Illustrator of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1979. Ralph Steadman is best known for his work with gonzo writer Hunter S Thompson. Titles include: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Joke's Over and editions of the classics Animal Farm and Alice in Wonderland.