Val Biro (1921–2014)

Autore di Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

119+ opere 1,037 membri 5 recensioni 2 preferito

Sull'Autore

Val was born Balint Stephen Biro, in the city of Budapest, in Hungary, on the 6th October 1921. He attended a small primary school till he was eleven, when he entered a large school of seven hundred pupils run by the monks of the Cistercian order. It was one of the three great monastic schools of mostra altro Hungary. The politics of the mid thirties, dominated by the rise of Nazism and Fascism slowly came to increasingly influence the people of Hungary and Val's father, recognizing what was happening, arranged in 1939, for his eighteen year old son to go to London to study art. Val never saw his father again. Val hero worshipped his father who sadly died in 1944 only two days before the Gestapo called to arrest him as a political suspect. Val left for England in July 1939, and stayed at Polperro with the McCloy family whose son had spent the previous summer with the Biro's in Budapest. Val was required to register in September as an 'Enemy Alien' with the police. Val Biro lives in West Sussex with his wife. He was born in Hungary and trained as an artist in Budapest before coming to London to study at the Central School. He worked in publishing before coming a freelance illustrator and starting this popular series. Val designed 30 book cover illustrations for Nigel Tranter's, 'Scotlands Storyteller', books between 1951 and 1980. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Comprende i nomi: Biro Val, Biro (dw), Anon; Val Biro, Retold by Val Biro, Val. Illustrated by. Biro

Fonte dell'immagine: The Times

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Gumdrop Quickstart Readers

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Opere di Val Biro

Popolari Recenti

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales (2005) 187 copie

Hungarian Folk-tales (1980) 41 copie

The Donkey That Sneezed (1986) 30 copie

Gumdrop: The Adventures of a Vintage Car (1967) 27 copie

Town mouse and country mouse-Fables from Aesop One to Six (1986) 20 copie

Gumdrop and the Steamroller (1977) 19 copie

The Farmer and His Sons / The Donkey in the Lion's Skin (2002) 18 copie

Jack and the Beanstalk (1989) 17 copie

The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (Aesop's Fables) (2002) 17 copie

Gumdrop and the Elephant (1990) 17 copie

Tobias and the dragon (1990) 16 copie

Gumdrop Finds a Ghost (Picture Puffin) (1982) 16 copie

Gumdrop and the Dinosaur (1988) 16 copie

Bears Can't Fly! (Picture Ladybirds) (1996) 15 copie

Treasury of Aesop's Fables (2007) 15 copie

Miranda's Umbrella (Picture Hippo) (1990) 14 copie

Gumdrop on the Rally (1968) 14 copie

Gumdrop at the Zoo (1976) 13 copie

Gumdrop is the Best (1976) 13 copie

Gumdrop Goes to School (1976) 13 copie

Gumdrop Posts a Letter (1976) 13 copie

Gumdrop and the Secret Switches (1982) 12 copie

Gumdrop Makes a Start (1982) 12 copie

Gumdrop and the Monster (1985) 12 copie

The Three Billy-Goats Gruff (Early Readers) (1987) 12 copie

Gumdrop on the Move (1969) 12 copie

Jasper's Jungle Journey (Picture Stories) (1995) 12 copie

Gumdrop on the Farm (1976) 12 copie

Gumdrop and Horace (1982) 12 copie

Gumdrop at Sea (1983) 12 copie

Gumdrop Has a Tummy-ache (Gumdrop little books) (1976) 11 copie

Gumdrop for Ever (1987) 11 copie

Gumdrop and the Pirates (1989) 10 copie

Gumdrop Gets a Lift (1983) 10 copie

Rub-a-dub-dub: Favourite Nursery Rhymes (1991) 10 copie

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1985) 10 copie

Gumdrop in Double Trouble (1982) 10 copie

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (1986) 9 copie

The Three Little Pigs (1990) 9 copie

Gumdrop's Magic Journey (Knight Books) (1984) 9 copie

Gumdrop Finds a Friend (1978) 9 copie

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1998) 9 copie

Gumdrop's School Adventure (2001) 8 copie

The Emperor's New Clothes (1985) 8 copie

Gumdrop Gets His Wings (Picture Puffin) (1979) 8 copie

The Hobyahs (1985) 8 copie

The Show-off Mouse (1996) 8 copie

Drango Dragon (Ladybird Books) (1989) 7 copie

The Donkey in the Lion's Skin (1986) 7 copie

The Boy and the Lion (1983) 7 copie

Fables from Aesop Thirteen to Eighteen/6 (1987) 7 copie

Oxford First Picture Dictionary (2010) 7 copie

Gumdrop Floats Away (1985) 7 copie

Gumdrop and the Farmer's Friend (1972) 7 copie

Gumdrop Catches a Cold (1985) 6 copie

Fables from Aesop One to Six (1986) 6 copie

Gumdrop Has A Birthday (1980) 6 copie

Pocket Tales: Grey: Level 5: Peter Cheater (2005) 6 copie

The Fox and the Crow 6 copie

Gumdrop's Merry Christmas (1992) 6 copie

Gumdrop in a Hurry (1976) 5 copie

Gumdrop and the Bulldozer (1991) 5 copie

Gumdrop Races a Train (1982) 5 copie

Gumdrop and the Great Sausage Caper (1985) 5 copie

Hansel and Gretel (1997) 5 copie

The Bible for Children (2011) 5 copie

The Monster Feast (Longman Book Project) (1994) 4 copie

Tales from Hans Andersen: "Wild Swans", "Thumbelina", "Little Tin Soldier" and "Flying Trunk" Bks. 5-8 (Ginn reading) (1985) 4 copie

Tales from the Arabian Nights (2013) 4 copie

The bumper Gumdrop omnibus (1989) 4 copie

The Ugly Duckling (2016) 4 copie

Gumdrop and the Birthday Surprise (1986) 4 copie

The Magic Doctor (1987) 4 copie

Gumdrop Goes to London (1971) 4 copie

Collected Tales from Aesops Fables (1988) 4 copie

The Honest Thief. A Hungarian Folktale. (1972) 3 copie

The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg 3 copie

Gumdrop to the rescue (1986) 3 copie

Gumdrop and the Martians (1998) 3 copie

Gumdrop Goes Fishing (1976) 3 copie

Lazy Jack (1996) 3 copie

Grimm's Fairy Tales (Fairy Tale Treasuries) (2011) 3 copie

The Wild Wood: The Wind in the Willows 3 copie

Travels with Gumdrop (1986) 2 copie

The Boasting Monsters (Longman Book Project) (1994) 2 copie

Gumdrop Beats the Clock (1986) 2 copie

Treasury of Fairy Tales (Fairy Tale Treasuries) (2015) 2 copie

Sinbad the Sailor (2015) 2 copie

Fables from Aesop Seven to Twelve (1986) 2 copie

Ezópus legszebb meséi (2011) 2 copie

Dan the Dunce; Tales from Hans Andersen 1-4 2 copie

Worzel Gummidge - Fire Drill (1983) 2 copie

Aesop's Fables Easy Readers 6 Books Collection Set By Val Biro (The Fox and the Stork, The Monkey and the Fishermen,… (2023) 2 copie

The Fox and the Crow, Fables from Aesop 1-6 1 copia

The Monkey and the Fishermen - Fables from Aesop 13-18 1 copia

The Donkey in the Lion's Skin, Fables from Aesop 1-6 1 copia

The Donkey and the Lapdog 1 copia

Iorwerth a'r deinosôr (1988) 1 copia

vonkie vir altyd 1 copia

Gummiball, die Abenteuer eines alten Autos. ( ding-dong- Bücher, 25.) 1 copia

the wind in the willows 1 copia

Tales from the "Wind in the Willows" (Gift Books) 1 copia

Tales from Hans Andersen 1-4 The Nightingale (1993) 1 copia

The Donkey in the Lion's Den 1 copia

The Sick Lion 1 copia

Puss in Boots (Famous Tales) (2016) 1 copia

Val Biro's Gumdrop annual (1979) 1 copia

The Sick Lion - Fables from Aesop 13-18 1 copia

The Little Tin Soldier 1 copia

Look and Find A. B. C. (Picture Hippo) (1990) 1 copia

Gumdrop (1967) 1 copia

Discovering Chesham (1968) 1 copia

Gumdrop on the Brighton Run (1979) 1 copia

Up and Down 1 copia

Arabic / English Bilingual BIG Book of Stories: Treasury of Aesop's Fables (2009) 1 copia

Little Red Riding Hood (2000) 1 copia

The Bear and the Travellers - Fables from Aesop 13-18 1 copia

The flying trunk (Tales from Hans Andersen 5-8) (1989) 1 copia

The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale: Biro, Balint Stephen (birth)
Data di nascita: 1921-10-06
Data di morte: 2014-07-04
Sesso: male
Luogo di nascita: Budapest, Hungary
Luogo di residenza: Bosham, West Sussex, England, UK
Istruzione: Jaschnik School of Art, Budapest
Central School of Arts and Crafts, London
Attività lavorative: children's book author
illustrator

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Recensioni

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales di Hans Christian Andersen

I chose this for one of my fairy tale books because it is filled with a variety of different ones. I would keep this book in my library because there is a story in there for each student. My favorite story in this book is definitely the ugly duckling. There are so many different stories all combined in one book and I think that it is extremely fun for the students.

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Kaitlin_villoutreix | Nov 14, 2017 |

Gumdrop: The Adventures of a Vintage Car di Val Biro

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Gumdrop is an old car. His owner, Mr. Oldcastle, decides the time has come to sell Gumdrop. It is not easy to sell him. No one wants the old car. Instead, he sells him part by part. Then one day along comes a vintage car enthusiast who wants to put Gumdrop back together again.

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debnance | Jul 18, 2011 |

Gumdrop and the Dinosaur (Picture Puffin Story Books) di Val Biro

A delightful addition to the Gumdrop series, this one is also very educational.

Fed up with being accused of oldfashioned by his grandson Dan, Josiah Oldcastle (Gumdrop's owner) takes him to a museum to show him something much more old fashioned - a real dinosaur skeleton.

He follows up this visit with a purchase of a computer which, amazingly, converts Gumdrop into a time machine which transports them to the Mesozoic Era where they meet lots of real dinosaurs.. They have great fun learning about all the dinosaurs who dub Gumdrop an honorary dinosaur.

As usual with this series, the illustrations are superb. There is also a chart at the beginning giving the comparative sizes of the dinosaurs which will help children to imagine how they would have reacted to the events of the tale. Children aged 6 to 8 years old will especially enjoy this story which is exciting, funny and extremely well told.… (altro)

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AllieW | Jun 24, 2009 |