Oscar and Hoo
Author(s): Theo
Oscar sits at his bedroom window, dreaming of a place high up, above the clouds and below the starsâÃÂæ This is the best place for his dreams.
Actually thereâÃÂÃÂs no time for Oscar to dream. HeâÃÂÃÂs going on holiday with Mum and Dad and all is chaos and confusion. Then, quite before he realises what has happened, he is alone and his parents have disappeared. What is he to doe
He hears a voice in the desert âÃÂàit is a little cloud called Hoo, as lost and lonely as Oscar. Together, the boy and the cloud set out to find OscarâÃÂÃÂs parents, and become inseparable friends on their journey.
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"A warm, gentle story, both touching and telling, with some lovely lines: 'Oscar, I give you my cloud's word, I'll never leave you.' Bravo!" Michael Morpurgo, Children's Laureate "Profound and evocative" The Independent
THEO was born in France in 1963. As a child he collected stamps, stones, and - like Oscar - dreams. Theo has worked in children's television in the UK, France, Germany and Spain for more than ten years. MICHAEL DUDOK DE WIT was born in Holland in 1953. He has directed and animated many award-winning commercials for television and cinema, and teaches animation, as well as illustrating books. Michael's short animated film, 'Father and Daughter' won both an Oscar and a BAFTA award.
General Fields
- :
- : Collins
- : Collins
- : 0.218
- : 01 May 2003
- : 312mm X 226mm X 6mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Theo
- : Paperback
- : Michael Dudok De Wit
- : 823.92
- : good-very good
- : 32
- : colour illustrations