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Jan 1, 1951 — Jun 18, 2022· 71 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Tony Mitton

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Tony Mitton was born in 1951 in North Africa, the son of a soldier. As a child he lived in Africa, Germany and Hong Kong. At the age of 9 he went to state boarding school in Suffolk and went on receive a degree in English Literature from Cambridge University. Upon graduating, he trained to become a primary school teacher. He worked as a primary school teacher between the ages of 25 to 49, working part-time and writing part-time for for the last 13 years of that period. He now writes full-time. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.

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An airplane is amazing, for it travels through the sky, above the clouds for miles and miles, so very fast and high!

— from Amazing Airplanes (Amazing Machines), 2002

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Amazing Airplanes (Amazing Machines)

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Down by the cool of the pool

2001

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Frog and the other animals have a dancing good time both in and out of the water in the cool of the pool.

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Little Red Riding Hood

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In this inspired rendering of the classic Grimm Brothers folktale, five-time Caldecott Honor winning artist Jerry Pinkney introduced two favorite children's characters to a new generation: the sly, scary wolf and the sweet little girl in her famous red hood. Readers will squeal with delight all over again during that most memorable scene when Little Red Riding Hood declares, "Oh, Grandmamma, what great teeth you have!"Pinkney's charming, masterfully-wrought illustrations--as warm and cozy as LIttle Red's cloak and as captivating ast he clever wold himself--are sure to lure you into the heart of this treasured tale.

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