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When I Grow Up by Steve Augarde
Featuring big POP-UPS and mechanics, a novelty book about a little boy who dreams of what he might be when he is older - a bus driver? An astronaut? A submarine commander? Or perhaps a big-crane operator? Illustrated with full colour artworks.
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Steve Augarde
59 books49 followersI began writing children's books when I was at art college, which means that I’ve spent over thirty years as a children's author. Must be nearly time to grow up. About eighty titles published to date, I think. These include story books and pop-ups for younger readers, as well as my more recent novels for older children. I'm also an illustrator and paper-engineer, and you can see examples of this type of work around the site.
Sometimes I provide the paper engineering for pop-up books by other artists and children's authors - Jan Pienkowski, for example, Emma Chichester-Clark and Damien Hirst.
Finally I'm a semi-pro musician, playing mostly jazz. I provided the music and artwork for two BBC children's television series of Bump the elephant. Mind you, that was ages ago, and so it's high time somebody sampled it for a dance track and made me a fortune.
My first major work for older children was The Touchstone Trilogy, completed in January 2008, the three titles being The Various, Celandine and Winter Wood. The Various was an award winner in The Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2003. Both Celandine and Winter Wood have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Sometimes I provide the paper engineering for pop-up books by other artists and children's authors - Jan Pienkowski, for example, Emma Chichester-Clark and Damien Hirst.
Finally I'm a semi-pro musician, playing mostly jazz. I provided the music and artwork for two BBC children's television series of Bump the elephant. Mind you, that was ages ago, and so it's high time somebody sampled it for a dance track and made me a fortune.
My first major work for older children was The Touchstone Trilogy, completed in January 2008, the three titles being The Various, Celandine and Winter Wood. The Various was an award winner in The Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2003. Both Celandine and Winter Wood have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
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December 20, 2012
Pop-up book featuring a little boy who's pondering what he'll be when he grows up.
Bright, cartoony pictures accompany the text. There's nothing super amazing going on in this one, although the pop-ups are well-designed and fun.
Might work for a story time on careers! It's pretty short. Maybe for a toddler time?
Bright, cartoony pictures accompany the text. There's nothing super amazing going on in this one, although the pop-ups are well-designed and fun.
Might work for a story time on careers! It's pretty short. Maybe for a toddler time?
Displaying 1 of 1 review