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 The Tower to the Sun - Colin Thompson
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From the first moment I opened a book of Colin Thompson's, I fell in love with his illustrations, his heart felt stories and was instantly viscerally jealous at the way in which he could draw… Given half a dozen further reincarnations and 220 years of practice, I may aspire to become as good as him…
The Tower to the Sun holds a frightening vision of what the future may hold.
The story starts in a future world so heavily polluted that the sun is no longer visible. Indeed, it has not been glimpsed for so many years...more |
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Price Comparison for The Tower to the Sun - Colin Thompson
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Tower to the Sun
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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£ 7.69 |
   
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The Tower to the Sun
Pages: 32, Hardcover, Jonathan Cape Ltd Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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£ 15.00 |
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The Tower to the Sun (Red Fox picture book)
Pages: 32, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Red Fox Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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£ 70.00 |
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The Tower to the Sun - Colin Thompson: We Don't Need No More Towers! (1149 words)
by - written on 14/12/05 (Very useful, 339 readings)
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Pollution is not a topic that is very high on the priority list of children's books subjects, but Colin Thompson always tackles matters with a bit of difference. Born Colin Willment, on the 18th of October 1942 in Ealing, London, his mother changed his surname to Thompson (his stepfather's surname) when he was 11 years old. He went to boarding school in Yorkshire, grammar school in London and studied art for 2 years in Ealing and Hammersmith. He worked as a silk screen printer, graphic designer and even made documentaries for the BBC for a while. He lived a year in Majorca, followed by 7 years on a little island in the Outer Hebrides where he ... Read the complete review
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