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A delightful collection of stories about Jamie and his toy highland bull from the former Children's Laureate, charmingly illustrated by celebrated artist Sam Usher. As best friends should, Jamie and Angus share everything. Join them as they have fun at their birthday party, think up some new ways to cry, and deal with a naughty pet gerbil! These playful stories are full of charming and amusing incidents from everyday life - like when Uncle Edward delivers Jamie's birthday present of a box full of party poppers (to Mum and Dad's delight!), or when Jamie gets over his frustrating day with a very messy session of bashing clay! Both parent and child will love reading and rereading this heart-warming collection of gentle, funny stories from a treasured author, which are brought to entertaining life by Sam Usher's wonderful illustrations.
About the author
Anne Fine is a much loved and acclaimed children's book author. Her novel Goggle-Eyes won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and she won the Carnegie Medal again for Flour Babies, which was also the winner of the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award. Among her many other prizes are the Smarties Prize for Bill’s New Frock, a second Whitbread Award for The Tulip Touch, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction for The Jamie and Angus Stories. Adaptations of Bill’s New Frock and Goggle-Eyes have been screened by the BBC and her adult novel Madame Doubtfire inspired the internationally successful film Mrs Doubtfire. Anne was the Children’s Laureate for 2001-2003 and was awarded an OBE for services to children's literature in 2003. Some of her other books include The Haunting of Pip Parker, How to Cross the Road and Not Turn Into a Pizza, Care of Henry and Nag Club. Anne lives in County Durham.
