Anthony Edward Tudor Browne CBE (born 11 September 1946 [1]) is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, primarily picture books. Browne has written or illustrated over fifty books, and received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000. [2] [3] [4] From 2009 to 2011 he was Children's Laureate. [5] [6] Gorillas are frequently featured in Browne's books, as he has said he is fascinated by them. He was once asked to present a children's programme, whilst sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he completed the interview before being taken to hospital. [13] his character "Willy" is said to be based on himself. [14] The shattering effect of his father's sudden death on the 17-year-old Browne would play out for years to come in stories haunted by flawed fathers. The father in his chilling, crepuscular retelling of Hansel and Gretel is shamefully weak, dominated by the children's chain-smoking stepmother; in Piggybook he is obnoxious; in Browne's best-known work, Gorilla, he is all absence: cold and distant, glimpsed from behind as he hunches over his desk. And yet when he talks about his own childhood, Browne is full of praise for his father, whom he describes in warm, almost reverent terms. It was many years before he was prepared to recognise, then investigate, the disjunction. Séquence conçue par Sylvie Hanot (Cafipemf LVE) et travail mené en classe + fiches élèves créées par Julie Vial

This sweet picture-book tribute to fathers is narrated by a young child who describes his own dad, and all of his many amazing qualities. "He's all right, my dad," the text begins, going on to list this one father's many feats - he can jump over the moon, and wrestle giants - and other appealing characteristics. The story concludes with a declaration of love for dad, on the narrator's part, and a corresponding statement that his dad loves him...

The young narrator of this sweet, heartwarming picture-book tribute to mothers describes his own mom's many wonderful qualities, from her skills as cook and juggler to her butterfly-like beauty and armchair-like comfiness. He concludes with the declaration that he loves his mom, and that she loves him, and always will...

His recollection of the day itself is quasi-mythical, filled with the sort of symbols and portents that inflect his stories. "It was Easter Monday," he remembers. "I was playing rugby for the first time with the men's team, and my parents had come to watch. My brother was playing, too; I travelled on the coach with the other men; it felt like a real coming-of-age moment. The sun shone, we won, and afterwards we drank in the bar with my parents and all these heroes I'd been watching for years. I felt I was really pleasing my dad, being the kind of son he wanted. I like the book. It's sunny, easy to read, full of bright and colourful floral prints, and the illustrations are simply awesome. It's a book about what the author's mum is like. I like those very cheeky texts which make this book a really fun one to read "she's really, REALLY nice, my mum". I love how the author portrays the different aspects of his mum: she is a fantastic cook, brilliant juggler (a multi-tasker?), she can sing like an angel, and roar like a lion, she makes him laugh etc. In many ways, the book is like a poem in structure. Write your own poem about a member of your family using the structure of the book. The Magritte of the pre-schoolers, Browne's illustrations are among the most distinctive and surreal of any children's artist. A beautiful tribute to a very special dad in a dressing gown The Scotsman

Although the words in the book are few, they are carefully selected and there is so much to talk about in the pictures. You can tell from Dad’s face that there is love there and it is interesting to talk to little ones about how they know that, or whether they disagree. In 2001–2002 Browne took a job as writer and illustrator at Tate Britain, working with children using art as a stimulus to inspire visual literacy and creative writing activities. It was during this time that Browne conceived and produced The Shape Game (Doubleday, 2003). Jane Doonan, "The object lesson: picture books of Anthony Browne", Word & Image 2:2 (1986 April–June), pp.159–72. Browne won two Kate Greenaway Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named his 1983 medalist Gorilla one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. [7] Life and work [ edit ]