Snip, Snap, Look Who's Back!
Published on 3. May 2012
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-4449-0247-1 (ISBN)
Description
When an alligator and his baby came creeping, creeping into the playground, were the people scared? You bet they were! Only three children are brave enough to face their fear and they soon discover that the alligators aren't so scary after all!
Reviews / Votes
The rhyming text and fun tale will have children enthralled The School Librarian A lovely book, hilarious and at times agreeably scary as well Independent on Sunday Great fun The Daily Telegraph Lively illustrations...fans will definitely want to try this sequel The Bookbag A useful, well-crafted story about not judging on first appearances and giving everyone a fair chance Junior Praise for Snip Snap!: Nick Maland's clever perspectives make the alligator increasingly alarming as he swells to fill more and more of the page in this well-created story of facing down fear. The Guardian Using elements of rhythm and rhyme as well as an enjoyably predicable question-and-answer refrain the text maintains a playful tone beneath the scary details... Expressive line drawings, brightened with watercolour washes, illustrate the story with wit and style... good fun. Booklist Winner of Blue Parent's Choice Award. A useful, well-crafted story about not judging on first appearances and giving everyone a fair chance. Junior I loved the quirky illustrations, and the rhyming text and fun tale will have children enthralled. School Librarian A lovely book, hilarious and at times agreeably scary as well. Independent on SundayMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 249 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4449-0247-1 (9781444902471)
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Persons
Mara Bergman (Author) Mara Bergman is an award-winning poet and children's writer. She grew up on Long Island, NY, and always knew she wanted to write. Her poetry has been published widely in magazines and anthologies in the UK and abroad. Her short collection, The Tailor's Three Sons and Other New York Poems, won the 2014 Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition and was published in 2015 by Seren. Mara has always felt a strong link between poetry and picture books and began to write for children when her own were young. She has published more than twenty books, including Snip Snap! (reissued as Snip Snap Alligator!), illustrated by Nick Maland, which won the Stockport Children's Book Award and, in the US, a Parents' Choice Award and the Society of Illustrators' Silver medal. In 2009 she won the Booktrust Early Years Prize for Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide, also illustrated by Nick Maland. Mara works in London as a children's fiction editor and lives in Kent. Visit her at www.marabergman.com Nick Maland (Illustrator) Nick Maland graduated in English and Drama from London University in 1981. He pursued a career in the theatre, acting and directing in the London fringe, and, during this time, developed an interest in drawing, which soon took over as a full-time occupation. He has worked as an editorial illustrator for the TES, The Times, The Observer, The Guardian and The Independent amongst others. He was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award in 1996 (for Welcome Night) and the Children's Book Award in 1998 (for Brave Whale). Further prestigious wins include the V&A illustration award in 2003 (You've Got Dragons) and the Silver Medal in Society of Illustrators Original Art 2005 Exhibition as well as the Stockport Children's Book Award (for Snip Snap). Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide won the Booktrust Early Years Award. He has a daughter and a son and lives between London and France.