Looking for Atlantis - Hardcover

Thompson, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067985648X ISBN 13: 9780679856481

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1994

Synopsis

When a seafaring grandfather returns home for the last time, his ten-year-old grandson searches for the great treasure hidden in the sailor's old wooden chest.  But Grandfather's legacy is much more than gold coins--it is the promise that the imagination holds the mightiest treasure of all.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Each page is an incentive to linger...kids will immediately see that a first reading is only the beginning of the fun"--Booklist, starred review.

"A fantasy of exploration" New York Times Book Review. Now in paperback!

About the Author:

Colin Thompson is fast becoming a cult.  His incredibly detailed pictures, packed with bizarre touches, worlds within worlds, and wondrous visual jokes, are addictive.  Colin's book Ruby , an international hit, was linked to a contest with a real vintage automobile as the prize.  His earlier titles include The Paper Bag Prince and Looking for Atlantis .  After leaving art school, and subsequently, the London School of Film Technique, Colin worked for a time at the BBC before moving to the Outer Herbrides, where he began twenty years of self-employment in ceramics.   Colin now works full time as an author and illustrator.  

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 067985648X
• ISBN 13: 9780679856481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32