{"product_id":"cress-watercress-gregory-maguire","title":"Cress Watercress (Gregory Maguire)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair, from the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e, which inspired the hit musical.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on and finding community. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse superintendent, a rowdy family of squirrels and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbours, and no Papa, ever be \u003ci\u003ehome\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the timeless spirit of E. B. White and \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows - \u003c\/i\u003eyet thoroughly of its time - this read-aloud and read-alone gem for animal lovers of all ages features an unforgettable cast that leaps off the page in black-and-white illustrations by David Litchfield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGregory Maguire rose to fame with his best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eWicked,\u003c\/i\u003e which has sold millions of copies around the globe and remains a sensation as a Broadway musical and film.  He is also the author of several books for children, including \u003ci\u003eWhat-the-Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, and \u003ci\u003eEgg \u0026amp; Spoon\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Children's Book of the Year, and \u003ci\u003eCress Watercress\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked for eight years as a professor and associate director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature before receiving his PhD in English and American literature from Tufts University, and has served on the juries for the Caldecott Medal, the National Book Award for Children's Books, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Books of the Year. Gregory Maguire lives outside Boston.\nDavid Litchfield started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones \"mash up\" comics for his brother and sister. Since then, David's work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and on T-shirts. His first author-illustrator picture book \u003ci\u003eThe Bear \u0026amp; the Piano \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016. He is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eRain Before Rainbows \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Peace on Earth, both \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Smriti Halls, and he has illustrated picture books for Ross Montgomery, Andy Stanton and Sally Lloyd-Jones, and created book covers for David Almond, Kate DiCamillo, Neil Patrick Harris and many more. David lives with his family in Bedford. Find him online at davidlitchfieldillustration.com, on X as @dc_litchfield and on Instagram as @david_c_litchfield.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65820933914973,"sku":"K098311801","price":8.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9831180100001A.jpg?v=1788635911","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/cress-watercress-gregory-maguire","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}