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How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen
The hilarious, classic tale about the triumph of fooling-around over humorless, no-nonsense, adult disapproval! Written and illustrated by two masters of children's literature.
Tom loves to fool around. He fools around with dropping things from bridges into rivers and he fools around with barrels in alleys. He fools around so much that his maiden aunt, Miss Fidget Wonkham-Strong (who wears an iron hat and takes no nonsense from anyone), sends for Captain Najork and his hired sportsmen to teach Tom a lesson. "Captain Najork," says Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong, "is seven feet tall, with eyes like fire and a voice like thunder. He teaches fooling-around boys the lesson they so badly need, and it is not one that they soon forget." Captain Najork lays down a challenge: they will play womble, muck and speedball - in that order. And it turns out not to be Tom who gets taught a lesson after all! A very funny collaboration for children by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake for kids who love to laugh (and the story contiunes in A Near Thing for Captain Najork).Book Details
- Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
- Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2006
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.80in - 6.10in - 0.30in - 0.15lb
- EAN: 9781567923223
- Recommended age: 06-09
- Categories: • Humorous Stories
About the Author
Hoban, Russell: -
Russell Hoban is the author of more than sixty books including the children's books, How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen and A Near Thing for Captain Najork.
Blake, Quentin: - p>Quentin Blake is one of the UK's cultural treasures. He has written and illustrated dozens of books and provided pictures for hundreds more, including the children's novels of Roald Dahl.
Praise for this book
Praise for How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen and A Near Thing for Captain Najork
"There has never been a better time for the resurrection of two classics by the Lennon and McCartney of children's books . . . the pictures, classic Blake, mix vulnerability, energy and mayhem, the words always challenge and surprise"--The Times "A perfect combination of words and illustration, it's everything a picture book should be."--Irish Times "Rarely has a reissue been more timely than this reminder that learning comes in many forms, and that childhood play is never a waste of time."--The Guardian "A triumph from an unerringly eccentric double act."--The Observer "The duo's 1975 riotous tribute to the triumphs of 'fooling around' "--Daily Telegraph "The trademark tremulous contour lines of Quentin Blake's colourful illustrations inject energy and excitement into this madcap adventure."--Children's Books Ireland, Recommended Read "The partnership between author and illustrator is almost perfect, their resourcefulness in making such absurdity so natural almost the equal of the boy Tom in his creation of the two-seater, jam-powered frog."--The Times