When was martin waddell born

His hugely successful Big Bear, Little Bear series are loved by children around the world, as are many other titles, and his experience as a footballer in his youth have been translated into books such as the Napper series.

Waddell also enjoys writing about ghosts, as he says not only are they fun they can also show how the past can affect the future. Father to grown-up children, Martin lives with his wife in their home by the sea where he writes and describes himself as 'a happy man'.

Poor Duck, he has to do everything around the farm whilst the Farmer lies in bed eating chocolates and gets fatter and fatter. Originally writing for adults, his first real success was a comic thriller "Otley", which was made into a film starring Tom Courtney and Romy Schneider. After moving back to Northern Ireland in the late si ies he wrote books that reflected on the changing situation in his native land. Soon his love of storytelling would pull him into the medium of children"s literature.

In he went into a church to stop some vandals and got caught up in an explosion in Donaghadee—an experience that took him years to overcome. As an author, nearly all of Waddell"s stories are inspired by events or places in his life at the foot of the Mourne Mountains. As he humorously claimed, "I"ve been blown up, buried alive and had cancer as an adult, and survived all these experiences, so I"m a very lucky manitoba" From to the award annually recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other.

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Owl Babies A tender tale to remind the youngest of children that Mom Farmer Duck: Candlewick Storybook Animations A hardworking duck is rescued from life with a lazy old f The Park in the Dark After night falls and their owner is asleep, three toy an Owl Babies A beautiful pop-up edition of the classic picture book.

He climbs Bear Rock an A delightful Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? Registered in England under Company No. Reading Advice Activities for Home and School. Advanced search. More to explore Martin Waddell As a child I was read to a lot as a child by people who knew how to read stories.

As an artist I work in an old stone barn beside my home, and dream my stories in the garden and on long walks on the beach in front of my house. Things you didn't know about Martin Waddell I can wiggle my ears. I am a very noisy tennis player.