Tail-End Charlie - Hardcover

Manning, Mick; Granström, Brita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845076516 ISBN 13: 9781845076511

Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books, 2009

Synopsis

As a boy, Mick Manning listened to his father?s hair-raising tales about life as an RAF airgunner during the Second World War. Now, years later, he has carefully recreated his father's stories, writing them down as if his dad was speaking the words. In collaboration with Brita, he has illustrated them too. It?s for Charlie?s grandchildren ? and for everyone. Find out what it was really like to: Put up with food rationing ? Undergo RAF Training? Take off in a bomber? Face enemy fighters? Survive the Battle of the Bulge

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About the Author

Mick Manning grew up in Haworth, West Yorkshire, and studied Illustration at the Royal College of Art in London. He has written and illustrated over 60 books, mostly with his partner Brita Granstrom. Their distinctive books have won many awards. Their first book, The World is Full of Babies, won the Smarties Silver Prize in 1996. Their other books with Frances Lincoln include the critically acclaimed Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Pharaoh's Egypt, Viking Longship, Greek Hero, Tail-End Charlie and What Mr Darwin Saw. Both Roman Fort and Viking Longship were shortlisted for the English Association 4-11 Awards and Greek Hero won in 2008. Snap! is the follow-up to Yuck! which was a regional winner of the Highland Book Awards 2006. Recently Mick and Brita donated the entire body of work created for their book Fly on the Wall: Greek Hero to Seven Stories, the center for children's books Mick and Brita live in the Scottish Borders and have four sons.

From School Library Journal

Grade 3–5—The remembrances of Manning's father, a British Air Force gunner during World War II, are vividly presented through comic strips, watercolor-and-ink illustrations, and memorabilia such as ration books, postcards, and photographs. Log book entries provide Charlie Manning's personal reflections on training operations ("...when the bomber left the ground your stomach fell into your sheepskin boots!"), being under fire ("Sitting in my Plexiglas turret, I felt like a goldfish in a bowl, stalked by a black cat"), and narrowly surviving a mission ("Chunks of shrapnel punched through the aircraft.... Filthy smoke rushed in and then something hit me in the face. It was like being kicked by an elephant!"). A glossary offers brief notes on some of the military terms, places, and events mentioned. Reluctant readers will be drawn to the graphic format and quickly engaged by the authentic voice.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada
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About this edition

• Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845076516
• ISBN 13: 9781845076511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40