Willy the Dreamer

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Anthony Browne

Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 6+

Published by Walker Books, 2008

Adventure
Classics
Fantasy
Picture books

About this book

Willy dreams of being a film star, a sumo wrestler, or even a ballet dancer. Willy's dreamland is a gallery of amazing and magical pictures, each one magnificently executed and packed with bananas and slyly surreal details which will intrigue and delight.

The pictures pay homage to famous paintings by the likes of Dali and Magritte, and many famous film and book characters.

About the author

Anthony Browne is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of children's books with over forty titles to his name including Gorilla and Willy the Wimp. He was born in Yorkshire and studied graphic arts at Leeds Art College, working as a medical illustrator and an illustrator of greetings cards before his first book was published in 1976. He has gone on to win numerous awards including the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Anthony was the Children's Laureate 2009-2011 and used his time in the post to raise the profile of picture books and picture book illustration, as well as the value of supporting children's creativity and imagination.