Oliver
Doliver’s Dinosaur Comes to Tea
by Papa Perkins
by Papa Perkins
Summary:
Oliver
Doliver (who is really just Oliver but he does like having both
names) will be mostly Oliver in this story. Oliver is six years (and
one month) old and has a friend who is a Dinosaur called Aya Buddn.
This is the
story of how they met!
And more
adventures will follow.
Information
about the Book
Title:
Oliver Doliver’s Dinosaur Comes to Stay
Author:
Papa Perkins
Release
Date: 6th
February 2020
Genre:
Picture Book
Page
Count: 20
Publisher:
Clink Street Publishing
Goodreads
Link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50655012-oliver-doliver-s-dinosaur-comes-to-stay
Review :
I got this one to read to my special needs and non verbal daughter. She loves a book read to her at night but has a very little attention span so I look for books that will keep her interested. When I picked this one up I did initial scan to see how many words each page had. I thought there were too many words to keep her attention but I decided to give it a try and she loved it. She really liked the pictures of the dinosaur (Aya Buddn). There's a part where Oliver says "Hello" and the visitor says "Hello" and at that part my daughter was waving hello too. It's a cute story and we look forward to reading more adventures of Oliver and his dinosaur.
4 Stars!
Author
Information
Mark Perkins
was born in 1951and spent his career in art.
He is
married and lives in Poole with his wife, Avril. They have 3 children
and 7 grand-children.
He and Avril
bred Burmilla cats for 20 years and they still have 6 for company,
along with two miniature dachshunds, two snakes, bantams and a few
rather lovely pond fish.
Following
schooling near Poole and in Wimborne Minster in Dorset, he attended
Bournemouth College of Art for four years and followed this by
gaining a teaching certificate from Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire
where he met Avril.
Returning to
Dorset, Mark took up a post in an advertising studio in Bournemouth
and remained there as creative director until 1991 at which time he
found teaching art more rewarding and began teaching art to students
from ages 12-18.
As well as
being a teacher he was elected to full membership of the CSD
Chartered Society of Designers in 1983 after 10 years in professional
practice.
He produced
designs for advertising, print and all forms of graphic
communication. He specialized latterly in the design and production
of large exhibition stands for national and international clients.
Ill-health
forced Mark into retirement in 2000, which gave him the chance of
pursuing his own interest in drawing and painting for his pleasure;
much of which was contained in many sketchbooks, avoiding the
necessity of explaining his thoughts to others in a public arena.
Throughout
the past few years he has moved from abstract concepts into the more
satisfying world of the printed book for children. His printed works
include Alphabetcats, A Nature Diary, several volumes of the work of
Lesley Anne Ivory and latterly ‘Words, Works & Worlds’ – a
compendium of pages from his sketchbooks.
However of
all of these, it is writing for children which inspires him most, and
even now as he considers the thought of being 70, he reckons it’s
not too late to discover what he perhaps should have begun 20 years
ago.
He shows
some of his later work on his website; http://blueskiesartwork.co.uk
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