'This book is about England's very first visitor from Outer Space . . .' When Big George crash-lands into the middle of a medieval forest, he is completely out of his depth . . . until he makes friends with Tilly Miller, a small but very brave girl. Young readers will love the magic and humour of gentle Big George's adventures as he experiences British history.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 9+ years.

There are 576 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Pippa Goodhart has had several picture books published for children. She lives in Leicester. Colin Paine has illustrated many fiction titles for Bloomsbury including THE CONJUROR'S COOKBOOK series and the BIG GEORGE novels by Eric Pringle. This is his first picture book. He lives near Worthing, West Sussex. Eric Pringle has written many plays for radio and television and has also done many dramatisations. These include Doctor Who for television and dramatisations of Thomas Hardy, Joan Aiken and HE Bates for Radio 4. This is his third children's book for Bloomsbury. Eric lives in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Colin Paine has illustrated The Conjuror's Cookbook series for Bloomsbury. Colin lives in Worthing, West Sussex.