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  • Published: 2 April 1999
  • ISBN: 9780099711612
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $22.99

Cloudland



When Albert falls off a mountain top he's rescued by the Cloud Children, who are as light and airy as feathers and play amongst the rainbows and storm clouds up in the sky. But soon Albert feels homesick and begins to wonder. . . how will he get home?

Albert and his mum and dad go walking one day in the mountains. Unfortunately, Albert slips and disappears over the edge of a cliff; his parents are very upset. Albert is lucky though - the Cloud Children see his fall and speak the magic words (\"They either said, Fumble gralley goggle ho hee\", or \"Teetum waggle bari se nee\", or was it \"Gargle giggle fiddle num dee?\") that make Albert light enough to float among the clouds, with them. Albert sleeps that night drifting in the sky. The next day, Albert and the Cloud Children have lots of fun: jumping off tall clouds, making as much noise as they can in the thunderstorm, swimming in the rain, painting pictures next to the rainbow and walking on the filmy traces left by passing aircraft. When Albert wants to go home again, the Queen arranges for his cloud to drift near his home, and for him to gently float down - but not before they all have feasted with the Man in the Moon!

  • Published: 2 April 1999
  • ISBN: 9780099711612
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

John Burningham

John Burningham was born in 1936. He studied illustration at the Central School of Art. His first children's book, Borka, was published in 1963, and it was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal as the best illustrated book of the year. John Burningham collaborated with Ian Fleming on Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, designing the model of the famous car. He lived in London with his wife Helen Oxenbury, also a well-known author and illustrator. John Burningham died on January 4th, 2019.

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Praise for Cloudland

Glorious, stirring pictures.

Amanda Craig, The Times