Mr Creep the Crook
By (Author) Allan Ahlberg
Illustrated by Andre Amstutz
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
26th August 2015
4th June 2015
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
24
Width 171mm, Height 264mm, Spine 4mm
142g
A hilariousHappy Familiespicture book from Allan Ahlberg and AndreAmstutz. Mr Creep the Crook has a fool=proof plan to escape from jail and eat seaside on the beach. Splosh! Ouch! Oof! But he soon realizes that being bad is not such a good idea - and decides to break back into jail! A hilarious Happy Families picture book from Allan Ahlberg and Andre Amstutz. 'Marvellous.' Child Education
Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and grave digger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction and lives in Bath. Andre Amstutz was born in Brighton. He studied art and design at Brighton School of Art and then joined an animation film company. He later began a career in advertising, becoming Art Director at an advertising agency. Since 1960 he has worked freelance, designing posters and illustrations for a wide variety of clients, and more recently has moved into publishing, primarily as an illustrator of children' books.