The Long Weekend

Troon Harrison

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994 - Juvenile Fiction - 22 pages

For his fifth birthday, James chooses to spend three days at the beach, during which his quiet adventures, with the help of his imagination, become an unforgettable treat.

About the author

Michael Foreman was born in Pakefield, Suffolk on March 21, 1938. At the age of fifteen, Foreman began to study art. His first children's book was published while he was still a student. He earned his M. A. from the Royal College of Art and since then, has written and/or illustrated many children's books. After leaving art school Michael traveled all over the world making films and television commercials. He has also worked on magazines, book jackets, animated films, and TV ads. He even worked for the police, sketching criminals described by witnesses. Foreman has won the Kate Greenaway Award twice, the Smarties Book Prize, The Kurt Maschler Award, the Children's Book Award, the Bologna Book Prize and the Francis William's Illustration Award twice.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Long Weekend
• Author: Troon Harrison
• Illustrated by: Michael Foreman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Oct 5, 2011
• ISBN: 0152488421, 9780152488420
• Length: 22 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations / Birthdays; Juvenile Fiction / Imagination & Play; Juvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / General