Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus (and joined the library) - Softcover

Harrold, A.F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408830035 ISBN 13: 9781408830031

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2013

Synopsis

'There are many boys in the world, all slightly different from one another, and most of them are referred to by names. These are often John or Jack or Desmond, but sometimes they are James or Philip or Simon. Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.'

Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night, he's the only kid there - and he's bored. But then Fizz decides to join a library, and life suddenly gets a lot more exciting, when a simple library card application leads to him being kidnapped by a pair of crazed pensioners! Will he ever see the circus again?

About this title

About the Author:

A.F. Harrold is an English poet (1975-present). He writes and performs for adults and children, in cabaret and in schools, in bars and in basements, in fields and indoors. He was Glastonbury Festival Website's Poet-In-Residence in 2008, and Poet-In-Residence at Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2010. He won the Cheltenham All Stars Slam Championship in 2007 and has had his work on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and BBC7. He is active in schools work, running workshops and slams and doing performances at ungodly hours of the morning, and has published several collections of poetry.

He is the owner of many books, a handful of hats, a few good ideas and one beard.

http://www.afharroldkids.co.uk/

Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire and much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Sarah has illustrated for many different projects including an ad campaign for Kew Gardens, assignments from the Guardian and Independent newspapers, and character design for Sesame Street and IKEA.

Sarah now specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's fiction and picture books. She loves funny detail, nature, colour, music and wide open spaces.

Sarahhorne.co.uk

Review:

"Freewheeling frivolity" - The Financial Times

"Stuffed with laughs" - Praise for Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) Jeremy Strong

"Children will love the Stanton/Ardargh-esque authorial tone" - Praise for Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) The Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1408830035
• ISBN 13: 9781408830031
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Horne Sarah