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Val Biro (1921–2014)

Forfatter af Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

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Val was born Balint Stephen Biro, in the city of Budapest, in Hungary, on the 6th October 1921. He attended a small primary school till he was eleven, when he entered a large school of seven hundred pupils run by the monks of the Cistercian order. It was one of the three great monastic schools of vis mere Hungary. The politics of the mid thirties, dominated by the rise of Nazism and Fascism slowly came to increasingly influence the people of Hungary and Val's father, recognizing what was happening, arranged in 1939, for his eighteen year old son to go to London to study art. Val never saw his father again. Val hero worshipped his father who sadly died in 1944 only two days before the Gestapo called to arrest him as a political suspect. Val left for England in July 1939, and stayed at Polperro with the McCloy family whose son had spent the previous summer with the Biro's in Budapest. Val was required to register in September as an 'Enemy Alien' with the police. Val Biro lives in West Sussex with his wife. He was born in Hungary and trained as an artist in Budapest before coming to London to study at the Central School. He worked in publishing before coming a freelance illustrator and starting this popular series. Val designed 30 book cover illustrations for Nigel Tranter's, 'Scotlands Storyteller', books between 1951 and 1980. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Val Biro

Hungarian Folk-tales (1980) 42 eksemplarer
The Donkey That Sneezed (1986) 30 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Steamroller (1977) 19 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Elephant (1990) 17 eksemplarer
Jack and the Beanstalk (1989) 17 eksemplarer
Tobias and the dragon (1990) 16 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Dinosaur (1988) 16 eksemplarer
Treasury of Aesop's Fables (2007) 15 eksemplarer
Gumdrop on the Rally (1968) 14 eksemplarer
Miranda's Umbrella (Picture Hippo) (1990) 14 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Posts a Letter (1976) 13 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Goes to School (1976) 13 eksemplarer
Gumdrop at the Zoo (1976) 13 eksemplarer
Gumdrop at Sea (1983) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and Horace (1982) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop on the Farm (1976) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop is the Best (1976) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop on the Move (1969) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Makes a Start (1982) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Secret Switches (1982) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Monster (1985) 12 eksemplarer
Gumdrop for Ever (1987) 11 eksemplarer
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1985) 10 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Pirates (1989) 10 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Gets a Lift (1983) 10 eksemplarer
The Three Little Pigs (1990) 9 eksemplarer
Gumdrop in Double Trouble (1982) 9 eksemplarer
The Hobyahs (1985) 8 eksemplarer
The Show-off Mouse (1996) 8 eksemplarer
The Emperor's New Clothes (1985) 8 eksemplarer
Gumdrop's School Adventure (2001) 8 eksemplarer
The Boy Who Cried Wolf (1986) 8 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Finds a Friend (1978) 8 eksemplarer
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1998) 8 eksemplarer
The Boy and the Lion (1983) 7 eksemplarer
Oxford First Picture Dictionary (2010) 7 eksemplarer
Drango Dragon (Ladybird Books) (1989) 7 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Floats Away (1985) 7 eksemplarer
The Donkey in the Lion's Skin (1986) 7 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Farmer's Friend (1972) 7 eksemplarer
Gumdrop's Merry Christmas (1992) 6 eksemplarer
The Fox and the Crow 6 eksemplarer
Fables from Aesop One to Six (1986) 6 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Has A Birthday (1980) 6 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Catches a Cold (1985) 5 eksemplarer
Hansel and Gretel (1997) 5 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Bulldozer (1991) 5 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Races a Train (1982) 5 eksemplarer
Gumdrop in a Hurry (1976) 5 eksemplarer
The Bible for Children (2011) 5 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Goes to London (1971) 4 eksemplarer
Tales from the Arabian Nights (2013) 4 eksemplarer
The bumper Gumdrop omnibus (1989) 4 eksemplarer
The Hare and the Tortoise (1989) 4 eksemplarer
The Ugly Duckling (2016) 4 eksemplarer
The Magic Doctor (1987) 4 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Birthday Surprise (1986) 3 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Goes Fishing (1976) 3 eksemplarer
Gumdrop to the rescue (1986) 3 eksemplarer
Gumdrop and the Martians (1998) 3 eksemplarer
Lazy Jack (1996) 3 eksemplarer
vonkie vir altyd 2 eksemplarer
Sinbad the Sailor (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Travels with Gumdrop (1986) 2 eksemplarer
Worzel Gummidge - Fire Drill (1983) 2 eksemplarer
Ezópus legszebb meséi (2011) 2 eksemplarer
Gumdrop Beats the Clock (1986) 2 eksemplarer
Fables from Aesop Seven to Twelve (1986) 2 eksemplarer
Gumdrop on the Brighton Run (1979) 1 eksemplar
Up and Down 1 eksemplar
Discovering Chesham (1968) 1 eksemplar
Little Red Riding Hood (2000) 1 eksemplar
The Sick Lion 1 eksemplar
Gumdrop (1967) 1 eksemplar
Puss in Boots (Famous Tales) (2016) 1 eksemplar
Val Biro's Gumdrop annual (1979) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

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Fangen på Zenda (1894) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver2,607 eksemplarer
Lieutenant Hornblower (1951) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver2,351 eksemplarer
The Child from the Sea (1970) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/..., nogle udgaver444 eksemplarer
A Visit to Don Otavio (1953) — Illustrator — 362 eksemplarer
The Golden Lion of Granpère (1872) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver222 eksemplarer
The Landleaguers (1883) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver176 eksemplarer
The Hole in the Wall (1902) — Illustrator — 105 eksemplarer
The Wind in the Willows: The River Bank (1984) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver75 eksemplarer
Up in a Tree (1986) — Illustrator — 69 eksemplarer
The Wind in the Willows the Wild Wood (1987) — Illustrator — 50 eksemplarer
The Secret Valley (2009) — Illustrator — 50 eksemplarer
So Near So Far (1981) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/..., nogle udgaver49 eksemplarer
The Second Ghost Book (1952) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver46 eksemplarer
The Dinosaur Egg Mystery (1992) — Illustrator — 39 eksemplarer
The White Rajahs of Sarawak (1960) — Omslagsdesigner, nogle udgaver35 eksemplarer
Ten Pollitt Place (1957) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/... — 30 eksemplarer
Tales From The Wind In The Willows (1983) — Illustrator — 29 eksemplarer
The Secret of the Lost Necklace (3-in-1) (2003) — Illustrator — 28 eksemplarer
The Book Lovers (1976) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/..., nogle udgaver26 eksemplarer
Open the Door (1965) — Illustrator — 22 eksemplarer
The crawly crawly caterpillar (1981) — Illustrator — 21 eksemplarer
Fire! (1977) — Illustrator — 13 eksemplarer
Jack and the Robbers (1984) — Illustrator — 12 eksemplarer
Sebastian the Sports Car (1999) — Illustrator — 10 eksemplarer
Hundreds and Hundreds (1984) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Archie the Ugly Dinosaur (1996) — Illustrator — 8 eksemplarer
Tamlane (1970) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver8 eksemplarer
What's Up the Coconut Tree? (1991) 5 eksemplarer
Jungle Town Tales — Illustrator — 3 eksemplarer
The Dinosaur's Dinner (1997) — Illustrator — 1 eksemplar
David the Shepherd Boy — Illustrator., nogle udgaver1 eksemplar
Forest of Fear (1969) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar
Noah Sorts the Animals (1990) — Illustrator — 1 eksemplar

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I chose this for one of my fairy tale books because it is filled with a variety of different ones. I would keep this book in my library because there is a story in there for each student. My favorite story in this book is definitely the ugly duckling. There are so many different stories all combined in one book and I think that it is extremely fun for the students.
 
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Kaitlin_villoutreix | Nov 14, 2017 |
A 1001 CBYMRBYGU.

Gumdrop is an old car. His owner, Mr. Oldcastle, decides the time has come to sell Gumdrop. It is not easy to sell him. No one wants the old car. Instead, he sells him part by part. Then one day along comes a vintage car enthusiast who wants to put Gumdrop back together again.
 
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debnance | Jul 18, 2011 |
A delightful addition to the Gumdrop series, this one is also very educational.

Fed up with being accused of oldfashioned by his grandson Dan, Josiah Oldcastle (Gumdrop's owner) takes him to a museum to show him something much more old fashioned - a real dinosaur skeleton.

He follows up this visit with a purchase of a computer which, amazingly, converts Gumdrop into a time machine which transports them to the Mesozoic Era where they meet lots of real dinosaurs.. They have great fun learning about all the dinosaurs who dub Gumdrop an honorary dinosaur.

As usual with this series, the illustrations are superb. There is also a chart at the beginning giving the comparative sizes of the dinosaurs which will help children to imagine how they would have reacted to the events of the tale. Children aged 6 to 8 years old will especially enjoy this story which is exciting, funny and extremely well told.
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Medlemmer
1,029
Popularitet
#25,033
Vurdering
4.0
Anmeldelser
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ISBN
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Sprog
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