Martin Waddell
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Martin Waddell was born April 10, 1941, in Belfast, Ireland. He always wanted to be a professional soccer player. After having played for junior teams in Ireland, he left school at fifteen and held a variety of jobs, including working at a publishing company and as a night switchboard operator for visa mer a taxi company. Waddell is now one of the most prolific and successful contemporary children's writers, with more than one hundred books to his credit, some of them under his pseudonym Catherine Sefton. He won the 1986 Other Award, for his book Starry Night, which was also a runner up for The Guardian Children¿s Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the Young Observer Teenage Fiction Prize. He has twice won the Smarties Book Prize, for Farmer Duck and Can't You Sleep Little Bear? He also won the 1989 Kurt Mascher Award for The Park In The Dark, the 1990 Bets Book For Babies for Rosie¿s Babies and has been shortlisted for the 1992 Smarties Book Prize for Along The Lonely Road. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Särskiljningsinformation:
(eng) Martin Waddell also writes young adult books under the pen name: Catherine Sefton.
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Verk av Martin Waddell
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me [short fiction] 2 exemplar
Grandma’s Ring 1 exemplar
Shipwreck On Old Jelly's Farm (All Aboard) 1 exemplar
The pale boy [short story] 1 exemplar
The Treat [short fiction] 1 exemplar
The Band 1 exemplar
A Grande Invasão Livro 1 1 exemplar
Fried Man [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Hand in Hand [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Aventuras 1 exemplar
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On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace, in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 97 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Andra namn
- Sefton, Catherine (pen name)
Waddell, M.S. (pen name) - Födelsedag
- 1941-04-10
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Ireland
- Bostadsorter
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
Newcastle, Northern Ireland
London, England, UK - Yrken
- children's book author
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (Writing, 2004)
- Kort biografi
- Under his own name he publishes mysteries, ghost stories, light comedies, and picture books for children. As Catherine Sefton he has written more complex, emotionally charged books for young adults, several of which are ghost stories while others are political novels.
- Särskiljningsnotis
- Martin Waddell also writes young adult books under the pen name: Catherine Sefton.
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The Three Investigators, Oh My Darlin Clementine i Name that Book (november 2016)
Recensioner
Let's Go Home, Little Bear av Martin Waddell
Big Bear and Little Bear are returning home from a wonderful romp through the snowy woods, when a noise startles Little Bear. Plod, plod, plod--suddenly the woods are alive with unseen Plodders and Drippers and Ploppers. Poor Little Bear is very scared. But Big Bear is beside him with comforting explanations and a piggyback ride to bring him safely home.
"I don't like the dark," said Little Bear.
"What dark?" said Big Bear.
"The dark all around us," said Little Bear.
In this tender account of a sleepless night in the bear cave, Big Bear sets out with all his patience and understanding to show Little Bear that the dark is nothing to be afraid of. When all the lanterns in the cave aren't enough to quell Little Bear's troubled emotions, Big Bear offers--in a final loving gesture--nothing less than the bright yellow moon and the twinkling stars! More comforting than even the best of lullabies.… (mer)
"What dark?" said Big Bear.
"The dark all around us," said Little Bear.
In this tender account of a sleepless night in the bear cave, Big Bear sets out with all his patience and understanding to show Little Bear that the dark is nothing to be afraid of. When all the lanterns in the cave aren't enough to quell Little Bear's troubled emotions, Big Bear offers--in a final loving gesture--nothing less than the bright yellow moon and the twinkling stars! More comforting than even the best of lullabies.… (mer)
Acclaimed storyteller Martin Waddell returns with a warm winter's tale of three little bears who love to pretend - and a Mommy Bear who loves to play along.
"But where are my baby bears?" Mommy Bear asked.
"I don't know where we are," said the biggest snow bear.
When Mommy Bear comes to look for her baby bears, she finds three snow bears instead. They don't look quite like her bears, but they do like to slide down the snowy slope and throw snowballs, just like her bears do. . . . Little readers will love being in on the charming snow bear game, illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies with all the crisp beauty of a snowy day.… (mer)
"But where are my baby bears?" Mommy Bear asked.
"I don't know where we are," said the biggest snow bear.
When Mommy Bear comes to look for her baby bears, she finds three snow bears instead. They don't look quite like her bears, but they do like to slide down the snowy slope and throw snowballs, just like her bears do. . . . Little readers will love being in on the charming snow bear game, illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies with all the crisp beauty of a snowy day.… (mer)
Little Bear learns that it's fun to venture off by yourself, but even better to know that you can go home again in this heart-tugging ode to the endearing, enduring bond between Big Bear and Little Bear.
One day Little Bear discovers a new cave that's the perfect size, just for him. He plays in it all day, eats supper there, and, with Big Bear's permission, even gets ready to spend the night. But when the big moon shines overhead and Little Bear is lying there all by himself, he suddenly realizes that Big Bear might be getting lonely back in the old Bear Cave. Perhaps it's time to go home. Big Bear and Little Bear, stars of CAN'T YOU SLEEP, LITTLE BEAR? and other beloved picture books by Hans Christian Andersen Medal winner Martin Waddell, are back in another classic story, lovingly illustrated with deft humor by Barbara Firth.… (mer)
One day Little Bear discovers a new cave that's the perfect size, just for him. He plays in it all day, eats supper there, and, with Big Bear's permission, even gets ready to spend the night. But when the big moon shines overhead and Little Bear is lying there all by himself, he suddenly realizes that Big Bear might be getting lonely back in the old Bear Cave. Perhaps it's time to go home. Big Bear and Little Bear, stars of CAN'T YOU SLEEP, LITTLE BEAR? and other beloved picture books by Hans Christian Andersen Medal winner Martin Waddell, are back in another classic story, lovingly illustrated with deft humor by Barbara Firth.… (mer)
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- Medlemmar
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- Betyg
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- Recensioner
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- ISBN
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- Proberstenar
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