Albert the bear

The toys in Mr. Jolly's toy shop try to cheer up a sad-looking stuffed bear named Albert.

Main Author:	Butterworth, Nick.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins, 2002
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Teddy bears > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	The toys in Mr. Jolly's toy shop try to cheer up a sad-looking stuffed bear named Albert.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	0060536888
Author Notes:	Nick Butterworth was born April 15, 1946 in Britain. He is a British children's author and illustrator. He was educated at the Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park. He left home to work as an apprentice as a typographical designer with the National Children's Home before working at Crosby Fletcher Forbes (the forerunner of design agency Pentagram) and then leaving to become a freelance graphic designer in partnership with fellow long-standing friend and children's writer and illustrator, Mick Inkpen. Their published collaborations include 'Just Like Jasper', 'Jasper's Beanstalk', 'The Sports Day', 'The Nativity Play' and 'Wonderful Earth'. His works include several books about Percy the Park Keeper, the first of which was entitled One Snowy Night. Percy also appeared in his own animated television series. He has written and illustrated other children's books including Thud!, The Whisperer - Winner of the Nestle Prize 2005, and two books about Q Pootle 5, a space-dweller whose friends include Oopsy and Planet Dave, and Tiger. Nick Butterworth is also a founding partner of Snapper Productions which is producing the animated series of his best-selling books Q Pootle 5. (Bowker Author Biography)