Handa's Surprise - Eileen Browne

The author of this book is Eileen Browne, Eileen was born and brought up in Birmingham. Eileen lived in London for over twenty years before moving to Wiltshire where she now lives. She worked as a school teacher and a youth worker before becoming an author and illustrator. Handa's Surprise is a really simple story set in Kenya, the children featured in this book are from the Luo tribe of south-west Kenya. It is a great multicultural book that is often used in pre-school, nursery and early years settings. It introduces children to unfamiliar places with different animals, foods and ways of life through words and pictures. Handa put seven delicious ...

Author/Illustrator: Eileen Brown Publisher: Walker Books Ltd Published Date: July 1995 No of Pages: 32 Genre: Children's fiction Age Suitability: 2-5 Awards: Short listed for the 1995 Sheffield Children's Book Award About the author Born in Birmingham, Eileen Browne has lived and worked in London for the past 20 years. Having worked both as a school teacher and as a youth worker, Eileen is well placed to know what children expect from their stories. Having her first book published in 1977 Eileen is a rare breed in that she not only writes her stories but also illustrates them. I think this goes some way to ...

Handa's Surprise Like many people who work or live with children Eileen Browne thought that she would be able to write a successful children's book. After all, all you need to do is write a couple of lines per page, create an attractive central character and throw in some moral or life lesson and bob's your uncle, royalty cheques by the busload. The reality is somewhat different, and when something looks deceptively easy it's because it is anything but easy. Fortunately, Browne is an excellent children's author (as well as an accomplished illustrator) and has now produced several very good books. Her publications include 'Through the Window', 'Tick Tock' and ...