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Book Details
Uncle Blue's New Boat
Elsa Beskow
| Price: |
£9.99 |
| Publication Date: |
01 Aug 2002 |
| Availability: |
Available to buy
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| Format: | hardback | Extent: | 32 pages |
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| Size: | 234 x 294 mm | ISBN: | 9780863153648 |
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| Publisher: | Floris Books | Subject: | Elsa Beskow Picture Books |
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| Illustrations: | colour illustrations | Age Range: | From 5 to 8 years |
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This is the adventure of Peter and Lotta and their trip in Uncle Blue's new boat.
The children set out for a picnic on an island together with the three colourful aunts, Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender. While the adults are having a nap, Peter and Lotta decide to go and practise their rowing, but disaster strikes when they become distracted and accidentally lose the oars…
Reviews
'Evidence from my family and its visitors confirms that Elsa Beskow's Peter and Lotta stories somehow capture the imagination. The illustrations in these lovely hardback editions have something of the charm that Carl Larson's watercolours have. For children I suspect these books have the old-fashioned feel and colour that a good Nordic "heimat" film does for me as an adult. Children love them.'
-- Martyn Rawson, Steiner Education, March 2003
About the Author(s)
Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) is the most popular children’s illustrator in Sweden, where her picture books have been known and loved for over a century.
Useful Things to Know
Find out more about Elsa Beskow and her world on our Elsa Beskow Biography and Book Information page. Includes a complete book list.
