One Tree.

Cheng, Christopher; Whatley, Bruce (illustrator).

ISBN 10: 0143786733 / ISBN 13: 9780143786733

Published by Penguin Random House, Melbourne, 2019

About this Item

Hardback quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, top spine slightly rubbed 28 pp. This beautiful children's book is set in China, where one tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfather's farm. Now there is a busy city and Grandfather lives in the family apartment. He is silent, until one day, his Grandson finds something special in the market, and takes it home to bring a smile to his Grandfather's face. A wonderful story about love, change and the importance of the natural environment in all our lives.

Seller Inventory # 41079

Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Tree.
• Publisher: Penguin Random House, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143786733
• ISBN 13: 9780143786733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Whatley, Bruce
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Seller catalogs:
  • CHILDRENā€™S LITERATURE

About this title

Synopsis

One tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfather’s farm. Now there is a busy city and Grandfather lives with us in our apartment. Once he told stories but now he stays silent. Until one day, in the city market, I find something precious . . . something that brings Grandfather’s memories alive again.

About the Author

Christopher Cheng is an accomplished children’s author who writes fiction and non-fiction full time, conducts workshops and visits schools. He has a Master of Arts in Children’s Literature and has been a Literacy Ambassador for the Federal Government’s Literacy and Numeracy Week initiative and the 2012 National Year of Reading. His picture book One Child, illustrated by Steven Woolman, won the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Picture Books (Australia) and the Skipping Stones Honour Book (USA). Christopher also worked with Sarah Davis on the critically acclaimed picture book Sounds Spooky which won an Aurealis Award in the picture book category and is a CBCA Notable Book. Since 1992 Bruce Whatley has ritten and/or illustrated over 80 children’s picture books.His international award winning titles include his first two books, The Ugliest Dog in the World and Looking for Crabs. He often writes with his wife Rosie Smith and has also had much success with the Diary of a Wombat series created with Jackie French. Bruce uses a variety of illustration medium including gouache, pen and ink, pencil, oils, watercolour and more recently CGI software. Tin Toys, The Watchmaker Who Saved Christmas and Ruben are classic examples of his search for new ways to create images. Bruce and Rosie live on the South Coast of New South Wales.