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After leaving art school, Colin Thompson went to the London school of film Technique. He worked for a while at the BBC, then moved to the Outer Hebrides where he began 20 years of self-employment ceramics.

He is is the author/illustrator of several highly acclaimed picture books including The Paradise Garden, The Last Alchemist and Falling Angels. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.



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Thompson's finely drawn, intricately bordered pages are as crammed with detail and small treasures as the dump itself * Publishers Weekly *
The pictures are astonishing * The Times *
This is a book to be read in ten minutes and lost in for hours * TES *

The Paperbag Prince

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    A Paperback / softback by Colin Thompson

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: 20/01/1994
      ISBN13: 9780099933205, 978-0099933205
      ISBN10: 0099933209
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      Baby, Toddler & Pre-School Children & Teen Non-Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      After leaving art school, Colin Thompson went to the London school of film Technique. He worked for a while at the BBC, then moved to the Outer Hebrides where he began 20 years of self-employment ceramics.

      He is is the author/illustrator of several highly acclaimed picture books including The Paradise Garden, The Last Alchemist and Falling Angels. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.



      Trade Review
      Thompson's finely drawn, intricately bordered pages are as crammed with detail and small treasures as the dump itself * Publishers Weekly *
      The pictures are astonishing * The Times *
      This is a book to be read in ten minutes and lost in for hours * TES *

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