Iron Robin - A magical and soothing story for young readers

Rose Tremain is the author of fourteen novels and five collections of short stories. Her work is published in twenty-five countries, and she has won many literary awards, including the Prix Femina in France, the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and the South Bank Sky Arts Award. She lives with the biographer, Richard Holmes. She was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. Iron Robin is her first book for very young children.

Richard Jones (Illustrator)
Richard Jones was born in Coventry, in the West Midlands and grew up in Leamington Spa, UK. After three years of painting, film making and art history at college he moved down to Devon, UK to study Illustration. After graduating, he worked in a busy city library for almost 15 years. He now writes and illustrates full time.<>

About the author

Rose Tremain is the author of fourteen novels and five collections of short stories. Her work is published in twenty-five countries, and she has won many literary awards, including the Prix Femina in France, the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and the South Bank Sky Arts Award. She lives with the biographer, Richard Holmes. She was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. Iron Robin is her first book for very young children.Richard Jones was born in Coventry, in the West Midlands and grew up in Leamington Spa, UK. After three years of painting, film making and art history at college he moved down to Devon, UK to study Illustration. After graduating, he worked in a busy city library for almost 15 years. He now writes and illustrates full time.

Report

A beautiful story ... Tremain's debut is first class ... Iron Robin combines everyday childhood themes with a pinch of fantasy, all brilliantly visualised by Jones's expressive artwork. Observer

Product details

• Authors: Rose Tremain, Tremain Rose
• Assisted by: Richard Jones (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9780241556986
• ISBN: 978-0-241-55698-6
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 232 mm x 285 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > First reading age, pre-school age; Children's and young people's books > Picture books > Narrative picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s picture books, Interest age: from c 4 years