Uncle Cleans Up by Martin, J. P.

Uncle Cleans Up (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781590172766)

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Format: Hardcover
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Uncle Cleans Up by Martin, J. P.

Uncle Cleans Up

$17.95
Uncle Cleans Up by Martin, J. P.

Uncle Cleans Up

$17.95
Format: Hardcover
Description
Description
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It is a time of rejoicing at Homeward, the Labyrinthine castle-city that is as magical as Oz and as full of wonders as Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Uncle, the wise, kind, generous, and fabulously rich elephant who rules over Homeward, has joined with his many friends to celebrate their triumph over the ruffians in neighboring Badfort.

Still, there's plenty of cleaning up to do in Homeward: the waterworks are tainted with vinegar, housing is scarce, and the Dwarftown Railway is terribly overcrowded-- meanwhile the Badfort crowd has devised its most diabolical plan yet. Uncle will need all the help he can get from his faithful assistant Old Monkey and from Goodman the literate cat--and possibly a wizard's spell--to get through this mess.

Uncle Cleans Up displays the same subversive humor and ingenious plotting as its predecessor, Uncle, and serves as a no less delightful introduction to J.P. Martin's fantastic world; Quentin Blake's quirky drawings accompany a tale that has been charming children and adults alike for nearly fifty years.

Author: J. P. Martin
ISBN-10: 1590172760
ISBN-13: 9781590172766
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Language: English
Published: 06/24/2008
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.89w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 pg. 76 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
By J. P. Martin
By J. P. Martin
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J. P. Martin (1880--1966) was born in Yorkshire into a family of Methodist ministers. He took up the family vocation, serving when young as a missionary to a community of South African diamond miners and then, during the First World War, as an army chaplain in Palestine and Egypt, before returning to minister to parishes throughout the north of England. Martin began telling Uncle stories to entertain his children, who later asked him to write them down so that they could read them to their own children; the stories were finally published as a book in 1964, when Martin was eighty-four.

Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful illustrators and children's book authors. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books. He has also illustrated classic books for adults, and created his own characters such as Mister Magnolia and Mrs. Armitage. He taught at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration Department from 1978 to 1986. He has won many awards and prizes, and was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2005. He was appointed the first Children's Laureate in 1999.

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