The Sea of Tranquility

MARK HADDON (Autor)

Media-Kombination

32 Seiten

2009
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
978-0-00-731051-7 (ISBN)

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Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'.

Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility.

He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the moon and walk where he had dreamed of walking. And eventually, one cloudless night, they did…

Mark Haddon has written a number of successful picture books with HarperCollins, including Sea of Tranquility, illustrated by Christian Birmingham, and is best known for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. He lives in Oxford with his wife and two sons. Christian Birmingham is a young artist of outstanding talent. In 1991 he graduated from Exeter College of Art and Design and has since illustrated several highly praised books. Christian lives in Brighton, Sussex.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.5.2009
Illustrationen	Christian Birmingham
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher ► Erzählerische Bilderbücher
ISBN-10	0-00-731051-X / 000731051X
ISBN-13	978-0-00-731051-7 / 9780007310517
Zustand	Neuware