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My Grandad

By Anthony Browne
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From the globally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed picture book legend, Anthony Browne, comes a picture book for each and every grandad. A celebration of grandads everywhere! Grandads - all different and all a little bit the same... We love our grandads and they love us! Award-winning author and illustrator... Read More
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From the globally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed picture book legend, Anthony Browne, comes a picture book for each and every grandad.

A celebration of grandads everywhere!

Grandads - all different and all a little bit the same... We love our grandads and they love us!

Award-winning author and illustrator and former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne shares a warm look at the relationship between grandad and grandchild.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241649619

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 228.0mm

Height: 274.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard, My Dad, Voices in the Park(winner of Kurt Maschler Award) and Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books. Anthony was also the first British winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, one of the highest international honours for illustration. His work has been widely exhibited and his books are published all over the world.

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