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Would you like to find out who inspired the famous children's book character, Percy the Park Keeper? The author and illustrator who created him, Nick Butterworth, invites us into his home to show us how he works, from the first spark of an idea to the published book.Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.Text type A non-fiction recount.Pages 14-15 show three stages of Nick drafting an illustration of Percy, ideal for exploring ideas, preparation and editing/planning within children's own work.Curriculum links Art and design: Building shapes and patterns, an event in pictorial form.This fascinating non-fiction book can be read alongside.Nick's other titles for Collins Big Cat, Percy and the Rabbit, and Percy and the Badger.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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Nick Butterworth, creator of Percy the Park Keeper and Q-Pootle-5, tells us how he grew up to become an author and illustrator.

Making Books with Nick Butterworth

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    A Paperback / softback by Nick Butterworth, Cliff Moon, Collins Big Cat

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 05/01/2005
      ISBN13: 9780007185955, 978-0007185955
      ISBN10: 0007185952
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Would you like to find out who inspired the famous children's book character, Percy the Park Keeper? The author and illustrator who created him, Nick Butterworth, invites us into his home to show us how he works, from the first spark of an idea to the published book.Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.Text type A non-fiction recount.Pages 14-15 show three stages of Nick drafting an illustration of Percy, ideal for exploring ideas, preparation and editing/planning within children's own work.Curriculum links Art and design: Building shapes and patterns, an event in pictorial form.This fascinating non-fiction book can be read alongside.Nick's other titles for Collins Big Cat, Percy and the Rabbit, and Percy and the Badger.This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

      Trade Review
      Nick Butterworth, creator of Percy the Park Keeper and Q-Pootle-5, tells us how he grew up to become an author and illustrator.

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