Winston & George
By (Author) John Miller
Illustrated by Giuliano Cucco
Enchanted Lion Books
Enchanted Lion Books
20th March 2014
United States
Children
Fiction
Hardback
56
Width 390mm, Height 292mm
623g
Age range 5 to 8
Winston & George is about a crocodile and a crocodile bird. These animals exist in a symbiotic relationship.Crocodile birds pick leeches and lice from the crocodile's skin and are constantly alert, crying out whenever theysee danger. In this story, Winston is a patient crocodile, George is a prankster and their story is a sweet anddramatic one.
"[Guiliano] Cucco's illustrations are superb. They have a wonderful grace of line combined with bright tropical colors that pop on the page...A humorous and dramatic look at an unusual friendship, one only wishes that Winston & George could go on more adventures together."--Waking Brain Cells
John Miller spent much of his grade school years with friends, tramping about the woods, lakes, rivers and swamps of Morris County, New Jersey. These adventures inspired his children's books and articles about beavers, trout, starlings and other animals for many magazines. Giuliano Cucco was an artist and illustrator. He and his wife were killed by a motor scooter driver in a pedestrian crossing in Rome in 2006. He is survived by a son and two grandchildren.