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Eddie Dickens
Eddie Dickens is a character from a series of books written by the children's author Philip Ardagh. Eddie first appeared in Awful End (known as A House Called Awful End in the USA) and has appeared in a total of six books. Ardagh originally created Eddie Dickens in letters written to his nephew Ben. Books about Eddie Eddie appears in: * Awful End * Dreadful Acts * Terrible Times * Dubious Deeds * Horrendous Habits * Final Curtain Eddie's Family Notable Relatives include: Mad Uncle Jack Technically Eddie's Mad Great Uncle Jack. He is married to Even Madder Aunt Maud Even Madder Aunt Maud Mad Uncle Jack's wife. She is Eddie's Even Madder Great Aunt Maud. She carries a stuffed stoat 'Malcolm' around with her and regularly brandishes it as a weapon. Although she is mad she attempts to come up with reasonable explanations for her mad antics. Malcolm/Sally Even Madder Aunt Maud's Stuffed Stoat. Mad Uncle Jack believes the stoats name to be Sally. Although according to Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Ardagh
Philip Ardagh is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 100 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction. During 2004 and 2005 Ardagh collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney and illustrator-animator Geoff Dunbar to create McCartney's first children's book, ''High in the Clouds''. ''The Observer'' called it "a tale about the perils of unchecked global capitalism". Grubtown Tales In 2009, Ardagh published the first of his ''Grubtown Tales'' series, 'Stinking Rich & Just Plain Stinky', which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize for being the funniest book that year. The series went on to contain seven full-length tales and a short story (The Great Pasta Disaster) as a £1 promotional book for World Book Day in 2010. The series was illustrated by Jim Paillot. Eddie Dickens Eddie Dickens is a recurring character in a series of six books, beginning with Awful End and ending with Final Curtain. 2020 sees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awful End
''Awful End'' (published in the US as ''A House Called Awful End'') a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by Dreadful Acts. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award. The German translation by Harry Rowohlt won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2003. The book is essentially a comical adventure about Eddie Dickens who has to go live with his Great Uncle and Great Aunt at Awful End as his parents have the yellow fever. Philip Ardagh uses clever puns and uses ambiguity of sentences to create a situation comedy. For example: 'Eddie took a seat next to Aunt. "Put that seat right back into its place!", screamed Aunt. So Eddie put the seat back in its place and sat down.' Philip Ardagh Philip Ardagh is a children's author whose other titles include The Grunts, Grubtown Tales and Stick and Fetch. Many consider The Eddie Dickens Series one of his best works. Even Madder Aunt Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Curtain (Book)
Final Curtain may refer to: * ''Final Curtain'' (film), a 1957 television pilot written and directed by Ed Wood. * ''Final Curtain'' (novel), a 1947 novel by Ngaio Marsh. * "The Final Curtain" (''The Green Green Grass''), a 2007 episode of the BBC sitcom, '' The Green Green Grass''. * ''The Final Curtain'' (film), a 2002 British film directed by Patrick Harkins. * '' The Final Curtain'', a 2007 compilation album and DVD by Pompano Beach. * "Final Curtain" (''The Spectacular Spider-Man''), the series finale of the 2008-09 animated series, '' The Spectacular Spider-Man''. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Roberts (illustrator)
David Ian Roberts (born 8 May 1970) is a British children's illustrator. He has illustrated a large number of books in both black and white and colour. His black and white work mainly features in books for older readers and he has worked with such well-known authors as Philip Ardagh (on the ''Eddie Dickens'' and ''Unlikely Exploits'' series), G.P. Taylor (on the ''Mariah Mundi'' series), Chris Priestley (on the ''Tales of Terror'' series), Mick Jackson (on ''Ten Sorry Tales'' and ''The Bears of England''), Susan Price (on the ''Olly Spellmaker'' series), Jon Blake (on the ''Stinky Finger'' series) and Tom Baker (on ''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs''). ''Mouse Noses on Toast'' by Daren King won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize (ages 6–8 years) in 2006, after which King and Roberts collaborated on other titles including ''Peter the Penguin Pioneer'', ''Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots'' and ''The Frightfully Friendly Ghosties'' series. Roberts also creates picture books for y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries have been recognised, including non-German speakers. Organisation The award is organized by the , also called AKJ or Association for Children's and Youth Literature, which receives financial support, including prize money, from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Awards are given in five categories: Best Picture Book, Best Children's Book, Best Youth Book, Best Non-Fiction Book and Choice of the Youth Jury. Up to six nominations in each category are announced in March at the Leipzig Book Fair, and the awards are presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair by the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Yout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Rowohlt
Harry Rowohlt (27 March 1945 – 15 June 2015) was a German writer and translator. He also played the role of a derelict in the famous German weekly-soap Lindenstraße. Background Born Harry Rupp in Hamburg, Rowohlt was the son of publisher Ernst Rowohlt and actress Maria Rowohlt; his parents married in 1957. Rowohlt is known for his insightful and humorous translation of Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. He also published German translations of works by Philip Ardagh, Donald Barthelme, Hilaire Belloc, Roger Boylan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leonard Cohen, Robert Crumb, David Sedaris, Kenneth Grahame, Ernest Hemingway, Flann O'Brien, Gilbert Shelton, Shel Silverstein, James Joyce, and Kurt Vonnegut. In 1999 he was awarded the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung. And in 2005, he received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for his translation work. Works * ''Ich, Kater Robinson'' (in collaboration with Peter Schössow). – Hamburg : Carlsen, 1997. – * ''In Schlucken-zwei-Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters In Children's Literature
Character or Characters may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Character'' (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk * ''Characters'' (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to Theophrastus Music * ''Characters'' (John Abercrombie album), 1977 * ''Character'' (Dark Tranquillity album), 2005 * ''Character'' (Julia Kent album), 2013 * ''Character'' (Rachael Sage album), 2020 * ''Characters'' (Stevie Wonder album), 1987 Types of entity * Character (arts), an agent within a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc. * Character sketch or character, a literary description of a character type * Game character (other), various types of characters in a video game or role playing game ** Player character, as above but who is controlled or whose actions are directly chosen by a player ** Non-player character, as above but not player-controlled, frequently abbreviated as NPC Other uses in art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
