The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. Benn

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. Benn

Author: David McKee

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340997154

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Mr Benn lives at 52 Festive Road. He is an ordinary man who visits an unusual fancy dress shop where he tries on an outfit and, as if by magic, enters a world full of surprises and adventure. From the golden age of children's television, this cult classic is back in this gift collection of four of the Mr Benn books.


Mr. Benn Spaceman

Mr. Benn Spaceman

Author: David McKee

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780340589984

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Mr Benn heads out into space and searches for the perfect planet. He only finds out where he really wants to be when he comes down to earth.


Mr. Benn's Little Book of Life

Mr. Benn's Little Book of Life

Author: Tess Read

Publisher: Arrow Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780099436492

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Be taken back into the wonderful whimsical world of Mr. Benn and his charming adventures — dressed in his distinctive black suit and bowler hat. Learn the lessons of life from Mr. Benn’s adventures, as the Red Knight, Hunter, Cook, Caveman, Balloonist, Zoo-Keeper, Diver, Wizard, Clown, Magic Carpet Owner, Spaceman and Pirate.


Big-top Benn

Big-top Benn

Author: David McKee

Publisher:

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781849762120

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Mr Benn is Back! First published forty years ago, Big Top Benn is one of a series of adventures by author and illustrator David McKee that inspired the legendary TV series that made Mr Benn part of the folk memory of the nation. Mr Benn is an ordinary man who has extraordinary adventures. In this entrancing story he swaps his bowler hat and black suit for an extravagant clown costume and finds himself transported into a world of big-top tents and circus performers. Through the inimitable charm and unique style of David McKee's original artwork this enchanting book brings to a new generation the glories of a golden age of children's book illustration and story telling.


Mr. Benn: Red Knight

Mr. Benn: Red Knight

Author: David McKee

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781854379900

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Following the welcomed re-release of Big-Top Benn comes another addition to the immensely popular collection of original Mr Benn adventures by author and illustrator David McKee. First published in 1967, Mr Benn: Red Knight introduces the friendly bowler-hatted character who delighted children a generation ago, and again today. In this fun story, Mr Benn finds himself transported to a medieval world, where he assists an unfortunate dragon whose role as firelighter to the king is threatened by a greedy matchmaker. McKee's original artwork will entrance children of all ages in what is sure to become a cult classic for yet another generation of readers. Praise for Mr. Benn: Red Knight: "The rerelease of this 1967 series opener introduces an adult picture-book hero who combines a childlike disposition with a taste for costumes, a belief in the fantastic, and terrific problem-solving skills. The Brit in a bowler hat needs something unusual to wear to a fancy dress party. He finds a promising little shop that delivers in spades once he dons a red suit of knight's armor. Transported from the fitting room into a story in which a poor dragon has been ousted from the village by the appearance of a match salesman, Mr. Benn acts as an intermediary and gets the dragon a better job-as the king's fire-lighter. Through another door and back in the dressing room, he decides he doesn't need to go to the party after all, but promises to come back to the shop for more adventures. McKee's iconic 1960's artwork alternates pen-and-ink line drawings with richly colored, multilayered tone-on-tone illustrations. The conversational narrative serves as a lovely counterpoint to the fantastical story; it's no surprise that the tales have been animated for British television." - School Library Journal


Mr Benn - Gladiator

Mr Benn - Gladiator

Author: David McKee

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1448188687

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Mr Benn always visits a costume shop, chooses a costume and goes through a special door. Then, as if by magic, he can travel to the era represented by the costume. This time he choosesa gladiator costume . . . and he is transported to Ancient Rome. But he has forgotten that gladiators fought one another. When the Emperor spots Mr Benn, he has him carried off to the arena. The worried gladiators there explain that they must fight, even though fighting is wrong. Will it be thumbs down for the alternative entertainment Mr Benn proposes?


The Ben Lilly Legend

The Ben Lilly Legend

Author: J. Frank Dobie

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780292707283

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The Ben Lilly Legend brings back to life a great American hunter—the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record. Here are all the stories Ben Lilly told and a great many more Frank Dobie heard about him, put together in a fresh and fascinating contribution to American folklore.


Elmer on Stilts

Elmer on Stilts

Author: David McKee

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1448187680

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The hunters are coming and all the elephants are worried. Elmer, the patchwork elephant, comes up with a plan to outwit the hunters but things don't turn out quite as planned...


Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody

Author: Roger Hargreaves

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-06-09

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0698177665

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Mr. Nobody is an invisible nobody from nowhere. He thinks he used to be a somebody, but he can't really remember who, what, where, or when. When Mr. Happy finds him crying one day, he decides that he has to help him! But what can he do to help this Nobody become a Somebody?


Blood Alone

Blood Alone

Author: James R. Benn

Publisher: Soho Press

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1569476748

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Praise for the Billy Boyle series: “The brash kid from Southie is still open, direct and fearless in his manner (and in his wonderfully loose-jointed use of the English language) and in no danger of losing his cover as a ‘happy-go-lucky Yank.’ But even amid the excitement of the spirited wartime storytelling, Benn allows Boyle’s experiences to change him in ways both subtle and dramatic.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review “Thoroughly enjoyable.”—The Seattle Times “This series brings WWII alive.”—Deadly Pleasures “Great fun. Benn knows his war history.”—The Globe and Mail “Kudos to author Benn . . . and here’s hoping that Billy will continue to make his way through his Uncle Ike’s world for many titles to come.”—Bookslut.com Billy Boyle awakens in a field hospital in Sicily with amnesia. In his pocket is a yellow silk handkerchief embroidered with the initial L. Gradually he remembers: he has been sent ashore in advance of the troops with this token from Lucky Luciano to contact the head of the Sicilian Mafia. But he must also thwart a murderous band of counterfeiters of Army scrip led by Vito Genovese. James R. Benn is the author of Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery, selected by Book Sense as one of the top five mysteries of 2006 and nominated for a Dilys Award. The First Wave was a Book Sense Notable title. Benn is a librarian and lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.