Claude in the City
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.36 (753 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1561458430 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-05-08 |
Language | : | English |
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Great Pictures, Great Adventures Young Mensan BookParade The book was about a dog named Claude who wears a beret. The First Chapter was about Claude's adventures exploring the city with his best friend, a sock named Bobblysock. In the Second Chapter, Claude takes care of Bobblysock, who is not feeling well, by taking him to the hospital.I loved the pictures and the adventures that Cl. Bookstork Buzz said Do love that Claude!. Claude, a small plump dog who wears a red beret and a lovely red sweater, belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Shinyshoes (who are always seen from their shiny shoes up to their knees). And when Mr. and Mrs. Shinyshoes are out, Claude is up and about and ready for another adventure. This time, he and his unlikely sidekick Sir Bobblysock - y. Amazon Customer said A Rewarding Outing for Claude. Claude decides to take his best friend Sir Bobblysock and tour the city. They had never been to the city before and it was indeed an adventure. They saw buildings so tall they touched the sky and so many people rushing here and there. They found a wonderful place to stop and have a drink. Then he discovered shops, many shops an
In the first episode in Smith’s debut chapter-book series, Claude shops for berets before inadvertently preventing a crime at an art museum. It’s cool and hip-feeling and, at times, quite funny. The second episode sees Sir Bobblysock feeling rather unwell. He has a best friend, Sir Bobblysock, a striped sock who is grubby and smells a bit like cheese. Claude roller-skates him to the hospital and, while Sir Bobblysock is wheeled away for tests, Claude pretends to be a doctor and solves a mystery illness. The tiny trim size and duo-tone artwork, all shades of black, gray, red, and pink, give this UK import a distinctly retro feel (it appears to be set in the 1960s), and Claude—mostly head and snout—is an amiable, unintentional hero. --Ann Kelley . The sentence structure here varies, from short and declarative to more complex, and the stories are longer than in typical books for transitioning readers. Kids who dig quirky Claude
They have tea in a cafe, go shopping, and visit a museum. It's a delightful but ordinary day, until Claude accidentally foils a robbery, then heals a whole waiting room full of patients.. Claude and his best friend, Sir Bobblysock (who is both a sock and very bobbly), go to the city for the very first time
He graduated from Coventry University with a degree in Illustration and won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration. . Smith finally decided to become an illustrator. After briefly considering careers in space travel, cookery and being a rabbit, Alex T