by Brian Wildsmith · Oxford University Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780192799623
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«The Tunnel» is Brian Wildsmith's bilingual children's picture book, published by Oxford University Press in hardback (32 pages, in English and French).
Two moles, English Marcus and his French cousin Pierre, dig from opposite shores of the English Channel until they meet beneath the sea. The story celebrates the opening of the Channel Tunnel and turns that meeting into a symbol of friendship and unity between cultures, with vivid illustrations and a die-cut hole running through the pages.
First edition published on 28 October 1993; the volume commemorates the inauguration of the Channel Tunnel.
Aimed at young children and early readers; the bilingual edition helps bring English and French together in school contexts.
Brian Lawrence Wildsmith was a British painter and children's book illustrator. He won the 1962 Kate Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration, for the wordless alphabet book ABC. In all his books, the illustrations are always as important as the text.
