The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide
Contributed by Lauren Child
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(inside book) This one of my favourite books!
Lauren Child
(letter) I first discovered The Shrinking of Treehorn when I was ten, my headmistress read it to the whole school.
It is a perfect story for any age, very funny, very clever with beautifully strange illustrations, and there is a touch of the subversive about it. I loved it, my class loved it, my headmistress loved it.
If it it possible to have such a thing as one favourite book, then this might be it. I never tire of reading it or of looking at the drawings, and it has been a huge influence on my work.
A few years ago I got a parcel in the post, inside was a copy of The Shrinking of Treehorn, inscribed with the words,
"thank you for liking Treehorn and saying so! Florence Parry Heide, a Clarice Bean fan".
It is one of my most treasured possessions.
Lauren Child
Additional information
The Shrinking of Treehorn was listed in the top ten books for children by Julia Eccleshare, editor of 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
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Lauren Child
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Lauren Child MBE is one of the most talented and creative author/illustrators working today. Her first two books were published in 1999 – I Want a Pet and Clarice Bean, That’s Me, and she won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2000 for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, the first of her Charlie and Lola picture books. Lauren published her first Clarice Bean novel in 2002 – Utterly Me, Clarice Bean. Her third Clarice Bean novel – Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now was published in 2006 and has sold over 500,000 copies. In October 2005, the BBC launched a 78-part animated series of Charlie and Lola. The series has won four BAFTAS and is aired in more than 34 countries. In 2008 Lauren launched UNESCO’s ‘My Life is a Story’ Campaign for UNESCO’s Programme for the Education of Children in Need. In December 2008 she was named as a UNESCO Artist for Peace. Her new series of Ruby Redfort books for Harper Collins will be published in Autumn 2011. Lauren Child’s website is www.milkmonitor.com.
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