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A charming book that could be characterized as "a silent film between book covers". Follow the fortunes of Clown, an exuberant fellow who starts out in a dustbin but ends up with a happy family in this inventive picture story. Master illustrator Quentin Blake has created an irrepressible character, an action-filled plot and an eloquent story that can be read on several levels--all without the use of a single word.
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* INTERNATIONAL BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD WINNER 1996 * SMARTIES BOOK PRIZE CATEGORY WINNER 1996 * KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL SHORTLIST TITLE 1996 'Missing: a speedy little clown with carroty fingers, blue and white trainers, a green peaked cap and saucer shaped eyes. Have you seen him anywhere?' OBSERVER A delightful story of the frantic antics of a toy clown who finds himself thrown head-first into a dustbin with an assortment of other discarded toys. Bravely and with irrepressible optimism, he takes charges of his fate and goes off in search of help - and a new home. . .
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This wonderful story is told in pictures alone. Quentin Blake's cartoon style drawings are, as always, very expressive and lend themselves to a rich world of imagination. The bare bones of the story is that a group of toys are chucked out into the dustbin. Clown pulls himself out and sets out to rescue his friends by befriending anyone who will help. After a few very funny false starts, he is thrown through the window of a family who are finding it tough. The mother is exhausted and out at work, and a small girl and a baby are left to cope alone (without toys). Clown leads them to more toys and a bunch of flowers for mum. We can safely assume they all live happily ever after. In addition to being a very special book for children and adults, it is also a useful resource for those in education teaching children with English as a second language or others with special needs.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I used Clown with a year 3 class. There are so many possibilities. I used it to teach children drama, each group acted out a scene and then we put all the scenes together. I also used it to get children to add their own text and speech bubbles. These are only a couple of ideas but you can imagine that there are an endless list of ways that this book could be used in the classroom to promote creativity! Enjoy!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was sorry to see that this wonderful book might be out of print. One of Blake's classics, it's a story without words, told in the way that only Blake can. The whole range of emotions are covered, with the best of happy endings. Reprint, please!
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Gorgeous!!!!!!
A superb book!!! Fantastic pictures -make you want to copy and frame them.
Great tale of Clown - an array of textless emotions and experiences to exlpain to, or... Read more
Great tale of Clown - an array of textless emotions and experiences to exlpain to, or... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Flocon de neige
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This book is by Quentin Blake, and it won the International Bologna Ragazzi Award in 1996. It is a "wordless picture book", or a "sequenced picture text". Read more
Published 21 months ago by Miss Rose
clown
i love this book its adventures are unbeatable you will not be able to put it down if you dare put it down you will immeadieatly pick it up again! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Charlie1701
Make it up
There are no words just pictures - spent many happy hours with my kids making up the most outlandish stories to go with the text, it always made us laugh.
Published on 12 Oct 2009 by julian121
Clown
If you read this fantastic book of a clown you will like it because you can make your own story up so I would read this book. I liked this book
because it has a helpful clown. Read more
because it has a helpful clown. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009
Clown
Meet clown. He goes from bins to going through the window.A girl needs help and he comes in. She needs to get everything tidy before her mum comes back. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009
Clown
It was good and funny and Clown was a good character. I like clown and he was in the bin. He helped a girl and he was a good clown. I liked the pictures because they were funny. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009
Clown
This book tells the story of a funny clown who sometimes gets into a little bit of mischief. He meets a little girl.
This beautiful book is full of excitement. Read more
This beautiful book is full of excitement. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009
clown
This book tells the story of a clown that gets lost in a city called Wingfield, there was a trash bin full of rubbish. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009 by Year 3
Clown
This story tells you not to be afraid of clowns. This is a sad story. It is a beautifully illustrated book by Quentin Blake. It makes you cry/smile/laugh. I enjoyed it very much. Read more
Published on 6 July 2009
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