No. of pages 80
Published: 2015
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Enjoy this modern retelling of a perennial favourite, with exciting new illustrations!
Gulliver's Travels is a memorable classic that takes you into the amazing worlds travelled by Lemuel Gulliver. In Lilliput, he is a giant compared to the tiny people there, followed by the reverse in Brobdingnag, where Gulliver finds himself in a country of giants. Full of humour and adventure, these exciting stories have survived the centuries and are now retold and re-imagined with thrilling illustrations.
This book was recognised in the Ireland's Honour List category by the Ibby Awards. It was recognised in the Best Illustrations category by the Cbi Book Awards.
There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by O'Brien Press Ltd .
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was the author of Gulliver's Travels, one of the world's greatest satirical fantasies. He was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin from 1713-1745. Lauren O'Neill is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Dublin. Originally from Wexford, she moved to Dublin to study in NCAD and stayed. Her work has appeared across a wide variety of areas from advertising campaigns to storybooks and gallery exhibitions. She has illustrated Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, winning the Children's Books Ireland Merit Award for Illustration, and Blazing a Trail which won the Children's Book of the Year (senior) Irish Book Award in 2018. www. laurenipsum. ie Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels.
This book contains the following story:
Gulliver's Travels
Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Ibby Awards
This book was recognised in the Ireland's Honour List category by the Ibby Awards.
Cbi Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Best Illustrations category by the Cbi Book Awards.
This book features the following character:
Lemuel Gulliver
This book features the character Lemuel Gulliver.
