A Biker's Life: Misadventures on (and off) Two Wheels

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With Prince Albert, he created the Great Exhibition of 1851, and continued to organise international exhibitions for the remainder of his life. It’s not just that it’s a great book about motorbikes (which it is), but it’s so much more than that. From the beloved illustrator and author of A Nest for Celeste comes Brambleheart, a beautiful tale about nature, imagination, and how love is the greatest thing we build. In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life.

Beginning with a beautiful close-up of a “big” ladybug, this book artfully depicts the concept of scale. Cole is also the founder and CEO of bespoke motorcycle manufacturer Gladstone Motorcycles, named after his great uncle Dick "Red Beard" Gladstone. He started as a news cameraman for channels including ITV and TF1 and progressed to making rockumentaries, primarily with heavy rock bands, [4] then directing TV commercials, and finally directing films, such as the semi-autobiographical Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Elizabeth Hurley.

Henry covers everything from achieving that musty, oily shed smell (if you know, you know) through shed security and style to socialising (is it a one cuppa shed, or are you happy for invited mates to linger? His great-uncle Redbeard’s corrugated iron shed was ‘stuffed to the gills with old motorbikes’ which Henry helped rebuild and ride. Unspoken encapsulates a little piece of American history in a profound way for 7-10 year olds, and gets the reader to ask themselves; ‘what is that person really thinking?

The book kept me interested to read what happens next, the next story, the next description of his vehicle collection, bikes or cars or motorabilia. Henry Cole decided Unspoken would be wordless, after his written version was rejected, as he explains in this interview. Since then, Henry’s life can be charted through the bikes and journeys he has been on – from a stifling public-school education, via many years battling addiction, to the big-sky iconic routes Henry has ridden for over twenty series as presenter of numerous TV shows.

Superb visual storytelling shows her hands time and time again offering a piece of corn bread, apple pie, a leg of chicken, each time on a small checkered kerchief, to the young, hidden runaway.

Parallels between the fugitive and the farmer’s daughter establish themselves visually when the latter gazes from behind a door, terrified at this threat. The book was tipped by many to be a Caldecott winner, but beaten to it by Jon Klassen’s That’s Not my Hat’. A heart-tugging story about an abandoned dog who is looking for a forever home -- and a boy who finds him!When their principal is running late, all members of Hardy School must work together to keep things running smoothly!

Gorgeously rendered in soft, dark pencils, this wordless book is reminiscent of the naturalistic pencil artistry of Maurice Sendak and Brian Selznick, but unique in its accurate re-creation of a Civil War-era farm in northwestern Virginia. Beneath the crackled and faded painting of a horse, underneath the worn and dusty floorboards of the dining room, lives Celeste, a mo. Cole delivers a genuinely funny moment, with Eddie thoroughly nonplussed and unexpectedly redirected. In this beautiful wordless picture book, Spot the cat finds a dog named Dot who’s off on her own adventure through the city! His great-uncle Redbeard’s corrugated iron shed was “stuffed to the gills with old motorbikes” which Henry helped rebuild and ride.Drawn in monochrome pencil on rough-textured paper, the broad, full-page and full-spread rural scenes give the encounter a shadowy, atmospheric setting. Since then, Henry's life can be charted through the bikes and journeys he has been on - from a stifling public-school education, via many years battling addiction, to the big-sky iconic routes Henry has ridden for over twenty series as presenter of numerous TV shows.