Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 8th September 2021
Paperback
Published: 1st July 2020
Paperback
Published: 3rd January 2024
Max
By (Author) Bob Graham
Illustrated by Bob Graham
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st July 2020
2nd July 2020
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Winner of Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2000 (UK)
Paperback
32
Width 250mm, Height 300mm, Spine 4mm
225g
A special edition to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Bob Graham's heroic and heartfelt tale of growing up super.
As the son of legendary superheroes Captain Lightning and Madam Thunderbolt, Max is destined to join their ranks - once he learns to fly, that is. But despite his parents valiant coaching and encouragement from his grandparents and friends, Max cant seem to get off the ground. Will he ever learn to leap over tall buildings in a single bound With quintessential quirkiness, award-winning author Bob Graham has created a mighty tale about the ups and downs of mastering your potential - all in your own good time.
Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning bookmaker who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children's picture books including The Poesy Ring, Home in the Rain, How to Heal a Broken Wing, How the Sun Got to Coco's House, Jethro Byrde: Fairy Child and April Underhill, Tooth Fairy. His 2011 title, A Bus Called Heaven, is endorsed by Amnesty International UK and was the winner of the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award a prize Bob has won an unprecedented seven times. He has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Literary Award in Australia twice, in 2014 for Silver Buttons and in 2017 for Home in the Rain.