Percy's bumpy Ride

BUTTERWORTH, Nick

ISBN 10: 0001983296 / ISBN 13: 9780001983298

Published by HarperCollins, London, 1999

About this Item

Hardback: dj (price unclipped), slight wear on top back flap fold, back flap creased, some paper remnants from jacket on endpapers, vg laminated colour pictorial boards (as dj), one picture extending upwards - a little creased on fold of extension, page edges lightly finger creased, vg. square 4to, 37pp. Illustrated in colour throughout by the author. Percy the park-keeper has invented and built his own special lawn mower.

Seller Inventory # 11J312

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Percy's bumpy Ride
• Publisher: HarperCollins, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0001983296
• ISBN 13: 9780001983298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's - Picture Books

About this title

Synopsis

The animals can't imagine what on earth Percy is doing in the workshop, but he's certainly making a great deal of noise. A squirrel thinks he might be making a bird table and a rabbit guesses it's a park bench. But when Percy finally does appear he's sitting on top of a very strange-looking machine indeed...Percy's invention is an engine-powered lawn mower to help him get all the grass in the park cut quickly. The animals climb on board to help him try it out and are very impressed when a stripe of beautifully-mown grass appears behind the machine. But when Percy tries going a little faster, the machine suddenly takes off! Fortunately for the park keeper and his friends there are some woolly helpers on hand to make sure they get a soft landing. Nick Butterworth's humour and warmth, combined with his exquisite illustrations, have made him, and Percy the park keeper, household names. In this new addition to the series, his most famous creation is back with all his animal friends from the park. AGE 3-6

About the Author

Nick Butterworth was born in Kingsbury, North London. He has worked as a graphic desinger for major London design consultancies. Nick then moved into freelance graphics and illustrations, working in partnerhsip with three others, including Mick Inkpen. In 1981 his first children's book was published, B. B. Blacksheep and Company. Nick has also worked as a television presenter on the children's programme Rub-a-Dub-Tub.