Celebrate 15 years of Bob with this anniversary edition
Simon Bartram (Author, Illustrator)
Simon Bartram studied Graphic Design, specialising in illustration,
at Birmingham Polytechnic. He has gone on to write and illustrate a
number of picture books, including the bestselling Blue Peter
Award-winner The Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob. He has
also written a popular series of illustrated fiction books about
the adventures of Bob and his dog Barry.
Everyone knows there aren't any aliens.' Man on the Moon: A Day in
the Life of Bob (newly re-issued by Templar) is a truly wonderful
piece of art and story alike. Simon Bartram (author and
illustrator) fully engages an audience of any age, you will never
tire of reading this story. The illustrations are beautiful and
unlike any children's story I have come across before; detailed and
realistic, they are wonderful discussion points with your children
or school class. The story tells the narrative of Bob and his daily
life. Bob's job is to maintain the moon and he goes about it
dutifully and enthusiastically. As the story progresses, the
humorous narrative tells the reader that of course there are no
aliens and that Bob is a Moon expert, but the illustrations clearly
show aliens on each page - stealing his cake, hiding in a crater,
in the bath tub. My son whole heartedly loves proving Bob wrong and
pointing out all the illustrations on each page, laughing in
delight when he sees a 'cheeky alien' hiding from Bob. As a picture
book, all parents will enjoy reading this story during the daytime
or bedtime, the narrative is engaging and the children are fully
absorbed in the images. Although at first it doesn't jump out as a
'typical' children's story as the illustrations are of an older
style, this is what makes it unique and also what draws the
children to it. Bob is a wonderful character and the story itself
is simplistic enough to engage any child from three years upwards.
I can imagine this story would be wonderful to teach in a Primary
setting as there are many directions you could take with the
concept of the 'man on the moon' - Space topics, looking at
difference and developing visual literacy, among them. Personally,
I loved the adult humour - the fact it only takes Bob 15 minutes to
get to work on the Moon - and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this to
my children; it has become a firm favourite at bedtime. It might
not jump out to you on the shelf, but once you have picked it up,
Bartram will not disappoint you or your children
*Reading Zone*
Squeezing in one more, this time a space-going hero that we have
loved right from the very start of this blog...!
Simon Bartram's fantastic "Bob" books in picture book form were
some of our early favourites. Simon also went on to produce a whole
series of fab little paperback adventures for more advanced
readers, swapping out the fabulous colour illustrations for equally
fabulous black and white art to accompany 5 stories - wrapped up
into one delicious volume as "Bob: Lunar Adventures"
Spaceman Bob embarks on new space adventures with a disappearing
moon, a movie career, clone chaos, a right royal disaster and some
heartless robots in this anthology.
Charlotte has always loved the running gag that Bob lives in firm
denial of the existence of aliens (despite actually owning an alien
dog, and coming into close contact with aliens pretty much every
single time he dons a spacesuit).
I always hoped that more people would discover the Bob books as
they're absolutely fantastic. Now you've got no excuse with this
latest collection celebrating 15 years of awesome Bobness!
*Read It Daddy*
The first book in a series about Bob,
otherwise known as the man on the
Moon. Bob's job includes cleaning and
tidying the Moon, entertaining tourists
and dispelling rumours that aliens
exist. Celebrating 15 years of Bob, this
anniversary edition is a timeless, fun and
clever story.
*Big Issue in the North*
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