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  • 5 stars across 7 books
    Oscar Wilde (Author) Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. He later lived in London and married Constance Lloyd there in 1884. Wilde was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. He published a revised and expanded edition in 1891 in response to negative reviews which criticised the book's immorality. Wilde became famous through of the immense success of his plays such as Lady Windemere's Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

    In 1985, after a public scandal involving Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, he was sentenced to two years' hard labour in Reading Gaol for 'gross indecency'. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was based on his experiences in prison and was published in 1898. After his release, Wilde never lived in England again and died in Paris on 30 November 1900. He is buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery.Alexis Deacon (Illustrator) Alexis Deacon graduated from the University of Brighton, where he studied Illustration, gaining a first class honours degree. Alexis Deacon was one of Booktrust's ten Best New Illustrators in 2008, and Beegu was a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Alexis lives in London.

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    Beegu Beegu
    1st July 2004

    Beegu

    Beegu is not supposed to be on Earth. She is lost. She is a friendly little creature, but the Earth People don't seem ve... More

    (5 reviews)
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    I Am Henry Finch I Am Henry Finch
    1st January 2016

    I Am Henry Finch

    From award-winning picture book makers Alexis Deacon and Viviane Schwarz comes an enlightening new story about courage a... More

    (3 reviews)
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    Croc and Bird Croc and Bird
    2nd May 2013

    Croc and Bird

    Side by side on the sand sat two eggs. With a crack and a rip, the brothers hatch, and out comes a bird and a...crocodil... More

    (2 reviews)
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    Cheese Belongs to You! Cheese Belongs to You!
    1st June 2014

    Cheese Belongs to You!

    From award-winning picture-book-makers Viviane Schwarz and Alexis Deacon comes a story about the struggle for dominance ... More

    (1 review)
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    Geis Geis
    17th May 2016

    Geis

    As the great chief matriarch lay dying, she gave one final decree: Upon her death there would be a contest. Having no he... More

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    A Place to Call Home A Place to Call Home
    1st October 2015

    A Place to Call Home

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    While You are Sleeping While You are Sleeping
    31st August 2017

    While You are Sleeping

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    1st July 2004
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