Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent - Couverture rigide

Hilarious detail and fantastic illustrations make this picture book a real joy from start to finish (Good Books for Tough Times 2009-11-01)

If you haven't yet discovered the funky, stylish world of Lauren Child, buy this book for yourself for Christmas, this woman is amazing (Daily Mail 2004-11-25)

Such delicious visual jokes abound in this most inventive modern fairy tale - young readers will love it (Books For Keeps 2006-01-01)

Hilarious...quirky (Primary Times 2006-01-01)

This heart warming tale is witty and entertaining and has a moral ending (The Lady 2005-03-15)

A quirky and unusual picture book with the distinctive and inimitable style we have come to expect from Lauren Child (The School Librarian 2005-06-01)

A compelling, quirky and highly original story with vibrant illustrations full of irony and humour. (The Guardian 2005-10-01)

Praise for Lauren Child:

1'Wacky, idiosyncratic stunners.' - THE SUNDAY TIMES

2Books are at the mercy of their owners, but careless Herb, who has defaced his fairytale collection with scissors and pencil, finds the traditional characters taking revenge in Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?, a more robust tale than last year's Kate' Greenaway medal winner, I will not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, with wider appeal (including key stage 2 readers). - TES teacher

3Herb, the expressively wide-eyed hero of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book, is better at reading pictures than words. Lauren Child's anarchic book inventively plays with fairy-tale conventions. Herb, in his crazy nighmare, falls unwittingly into his own book - climbing up words of dramatically changing typography and being chased through pages by well-known characters. Herbs earlier snipping-out of Prince Charming and ... adding moustaches and telephones exacerbates the chaos. - The Bookseller

4A wonderfully imaginative, postmodern idea. Absorbing and with fantastical zany pictures. - The Observer Review

5Hugely creative, Lauren Child's individual style is shown to perfection in this funny, subversive story. - Parentwise

(2005-10-01)

A superb book (With Kids 2006-10-01)

Boldly conceived and executed on all fronts - writing, drawng, design and topography - brilliantly funny and discerning. (Carousel 2006-10-01)

Boy genius Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent-H for short- is the answer to his rich parents' prayers. He is their dear companion, their fiercest board game adversary, and their frequent guest at parties. But this prodigy's parents don't share his knack at accounting-and they can't imagine ever running out of money. Will Hubert be able to save the Bobton-Trent's fabulous estate - or might they be just as happy without it, after all? With exuberant collage illustrations and a hilarious text, award-winning author and illustrator Lauren Child has created an irreverent story about the true value of money and the dividends of happiness.