The Paw Collection

Author: Natalie Jane Prior

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  • : 12.99 AUD
  • : 9781876288655
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : Working Title Press AU
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  • : June 2007
  • : 201mm X 131mm X 7mm
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Barcode 9781876288655
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Description

The Paw is bold! The Paw is brave! And now The Paw is back!
Welcome to the adventures of the world's cheekiest cat-burglar, aka The Paw!

Back by popular demand, this text includes the three original Paw stories in an entirely new format, totally re-illustrated.

Author description

Terry Denton is among Australia's busiest literary creative forces and his work, either as a writer, illustrator or both, can be found in popular children's titles such as Gasp!, Duck for Cover and Sucked In! Born in Melbourne in 1950, the second youngest of five boys, Terry originally studied architecture, but, unhappy with that course, he left Uni and set about discovering what kind of artist he really wanted to be. Over the next seven years he tried animation, painting, theatre, etching, sculpture, cartooning, and worked part-time with a friend running a music shop. In 1984 he wrote and illustrated Felix and Alexander (Hodder Headline). It was published in 1985 and won the CBC Picture Book of the Year in 1986. Since then he has illustrated more than 30 books, ten of which he has also written. In 1991-92 Terry worked for the Australian Children's Television Foundation on Lift-Off, acknowledged as one of the most innovative children's TV shows produced in Australia. He spent a year helping devise the program, and another year designing the puppets and the look of the program. His work is characterised by a devious sense of humour, an adventurous and inventive drawing style and an informed flair for what interests and amuses kids. Terry meets around 2