Willy the Dreamer

(Paperback)

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A stunning Willy book with spectacular, surreal paintings by one of the most acclaimed of all picture book artists.
Willy loves to dream. He dreams that hes a film star, a sumo wrestler, a ballet dancer, a painter, an explorer, a famous writer, a scuba diver Sometimes he dreams that he cant run but he can fly. He dreams hes a giant or hes tiny, a beggar or a king, in a strange landscape or all at sea. He dreams of fierce monsters and super heroes, of the past and, sometimes, the future. Willys dreamland is a gallery of amazing and magical pictures, each one magnificently executed and packed with bananas and slyly surreal details that cannot fail to intrigue and delight. The pictures pay homage to famous paintings by the likes of Dali, Magritte and Henri Rousseau, as well as film and book characters and much more.

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"* "Quite remarkable. A work of art in itself, this book will entertain and fascinate a wide age-range as well as the adults who read it." The Good Book Guide"

Author Bio

Anthony Browne is one of the most popular and stylistically distinctive childrens book artists with a number of outstanding titles to his credit. These include six books featuring Willy: Willy the Wimp, Willy the Champ, Willy and Hugh,Willy the Wizard, Willy the Dreamer and Willys Pictures, as well as Gorilla (Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award); Changes; The Tunnel; I Like Books; Things I Like; Look What Ive Got!; Piggybook; Alices Adventures in Wonderland (Winner of the Kurt Maschler Award); Hansel and Gretel; Zoo (Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal) and King Kong (shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal). He was the winner of the illustration section of the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award.