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Joseph


No. of pages 40

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Great for age 3-9 years
The story of Joseph and his coat of many colours is one of the oldest stories in the world. As a young man, Joseph, his father's favourite son, is hated by his brothers who sell him as a slave for twenty pieces of silver. The young man grows up and survives the prisons and slave markets of Ancient Egypt. He rises to fame, becomes a ruler, and then meets his brothers again. This ancient story is brought to life by Brian Wildsmith in this spectacular version, set amid the landscapes of vast deserts and the immense architecture of Ancient Egypt. The popular book is now being published in paperback.

 

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Oxford University Press .

Brian Lawrence Wildsmith was a British painter and children's book illustrator. He won the 1962 Kate Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration, for the wordless alphabet book ABC. In all his books, the illustrations are always as important as the text. Wildsmith is considered as one of the greatest children's illustrators. The British Library Association recognised his first book, the wordless alphabet book ABC (1962), with the Kate Greenaway Medal for the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. Four of his works were subsequently commended runners-up for the Medal, all published by Oxford University Press: Oxford Book of Poetry for Children, edited by Edward Blishen, 1963; The Lion and the Rat: A Fable, by Jean de La Fontaine (1668), adapted from Aesop, also 1963; Birds, 1967; and The Owl and the Woodpecker, 1971. The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Wildsmith was one of two runners-up for the inaugural illustration award in 1966 and one of three runners-up in 1968. Find out more here https://www. brianwildsmith. com/.

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