Roberto Innocenti

Roberto Innocenti

  • 5 stars across 2 books
Ian McEwan (Author) Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.Roberto Innocenti (Illustrator) Roberto Innocenti was born in 1940 in Bagno a Ripoli, a small town near Florence. Never having attended art school, he went to Rome to work in an animation studio. Returning to Florence, he began designing books and illustrating film and theatre posters. He has illustrated Pinocchio, A Christmas Carol, J. Patrick Lewis's The Last Resort and Ruth Vander Zee's Erika's Story. He lives in Florence with his wife.
1st January 2004

Rose Blanche

Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Like them,... MoreRose Blanche

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5th October 2017

A Christmas Carol

This classic seasonal tale of self-discovery has become one of Charles Dickens's most famous and best-loved works. On ... MoreA Christmas Carol

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    Rose Blanche

    A good book with a different perspective on life during the war, taken from a German girls point of view. However, I would have liked more information...

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    Rose Blanche

    I read this book with my year 6 class. As far as being informative, I would say it lacks detail about the war and does not educate children. However, ...

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    Rose Blanche

    Rose Blanche is about a little girl who is living her life in Germany during war times.The description in this book is beautiful making the characters...

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