Appearing
Stockton (12th), Durham (13th)
Author Website
www.tomtrueheart.com/
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Ian Beck was born in Hove on the Sussex coast. At the age of thirteen, after seeing an exhibition of drawings for the Radio Times, he was fired with enthusiasm about illustration and began attending Saturday painting classes at the nearby Brighton College of Art. Ian left school at fifteen and went immediately to study full time at Brighton where he was taught by, amongst others, Raymond Briggs.
Ian has worked in many fields of illustration and has worked extensively for magazines, eventually fulfilling a long held ambition to draw a cover for the Radio Times. He has been involved in the record industry and another claim to fame is that he painted the cover of one of the most popular records of all time; Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. He has also had many commissions from the Conran Design Group including packaging, greetings cards, calendars, interior design panels - even murals for a restaurant at Gatwick Airport.
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Tom Trueheart - Land of Dark Stories Oxford University Press 978-0192792129 The Trueheart house is busy and bustling-because today is a special day. Tom's older brothers are getting married and preparing to live happily ever after. But then an unexpected wedding guest arrives. Someone who has decided that there will be no more Happy Endings. Tom's brothers and their brides are whisked off to the Land of Dark Stories, as prisoners of their old enemy Brother Ormestone. And Tom himself is put under a terrible enchantment...It is up to Tom to try to save the others, and to bring back Happy Endings. But how can he defeat the storybook monsters now that he is only the size of a thumb? |
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Secret History of Tom Trueheart Oxford University Press 978-0192792037 Tom Trueheart wants to be an adventurer like his six older brothers. They're all employed by the "Story Bureau" to take the lead in any number of thrilling tales - tales which mean they have to rescue red-hooded young ladies or climb outlandishly large beanstalks. Each story is started off by the "Story Bureau" and it's up to the adventurer to make of the story what he will. But this time something's gone wrong - none of the stories are being finished and none of the Trueheart brothers have returned home. Now Tom will get his chance to be a hero - he must set off to the Land of Stories and find out what has happened to his brothers and bring them back. |
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Oranges and Lemons Oxford University Press 978-0192754769 It's a collection of singing and dancing games that children will just love to learn. Many traditional favourites are here, including 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush', 'Ring-a-Ring O'Roses', and 'The Grand Old Duke of York' - and they are all charmingly illustrated by Ian Beck. Each game also has easy-to-follow line drawings to explain, how it's played and a musical score of the melody. The accompanying CD, neatly packaged within the back cover flap, includes a jolly musical arrangement for every game, each one based on the familiar melody. This is the perfect package to introduce young children, to the sheer enjoyment of joining in with singing and dancing games - great for playtime and parties. |