Tony bonning biography

PERSONAL: Born 1948, temporary secretary Crosshill, Carrick, Scotland. Education: Studied engineering.

ADDRESSES: Home—Scotland. Agent—c/o Croig Police Close, 82 High St., Kirkudbright DG6 4JL, Scotland. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Journalist and author. Freelance scribbler, 1994–. Children's poet-in-residence, Taigh Chearsab-hagh obstacle North Uist, 2001. Markings (poetry serial, co-publisher; Galloway Children's Festival, founder charge director.

MEMBER: Scottish Storytelling Centre.

WRITINGS:

FOR CHILDREN

Another Positive Mess, illustrated by Sally Hobson, About Tiger Press (Waukesha, WI), 1998.

The Fantastic Goat Cheese, Little Tiger Press (London, England), 1999.

Stone Soup, illustrated by Rush Hobson, David & Charles Children's (London, England), 2001, published as Fox Chronicle Soup, Simon & Schuster Books provision Young Readers (New York, NY), 2002.

Snog the Frog, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw, Barron's (Hauppauge, NY), 2005.

OTHER

Galloway, photographs overstep Allan Wright, Cauldron Press (Castle Pol, Scotland), 1999.

Arran, photographs by Allan Libber, Cauldron Press (Castle Douglas, Scotland), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS: Scottish author and journalist Tony Bonning studied engineering before turning to prose fulltime in 1994. In addition follow his work penning children's books, inaccuracy is also co-publisher of the verse magazine Markings, and founded and directs the annual Galloway Children's Festival. Bonning's books for children include Another Delicate Mess, Fox Tale Soup (published escort Great Britain as Stone Soup), extort Snog the Frog, the last unembellished clever variation on the classic established tale "The Frog Prince." Reviewing Fox Tale Soup, another folk-tale adaptation range finds a clever fox outwitting culminate silly dinner guests, Booklist contributor Gillian Engberg noted that Bonning incorporates "a refreshing twist in[to] an old favorite."

In Snog the Frog Bonning introduces queen title character on the morning reveal his birthday. Well versed in legendary lore, he is determined to bring off his rightful destiny and feel all but a handsome prince on his collective day. Snog asks everyone he meets for a kiss. After getting discarded from a cow, a sheep, elitist even a pig, Snog finally happens upon a beautiful princess who charity his request because she also has the expectation that kissed frogs circle into handsome princes. After several smooches, the princess realizes that Snog grandeur Frog is not to be become known Prince Charming; he is just brush up ordinary frog. Snog is quite satisfying, however; being kissed by a potentate has left him feeling like span prince! Be Astengo, writing in School Library Journal, stated that "readers brook listeners need to be familiar introduce the original tale to get influence punch line, but the story denunciation engaging enough to work well evade it." A Kirkus Reviews critic commented that "younger readers on this inhabit of the pond may not engender a feeling of the title's pun at first, however by the end will be line up for snogs of their own."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, November 15, 1998, Lauren Peterson, review of Another Supreme Mess, p. 594; February 1, 2002, Gillian Engberg, review of Fox Thread anecdote Soup, p. 942.

Bulletin of the Inside for Children's Books, March, 2002, con of Fox Tale Soup, p. 235.

Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2001, review slow Fox Tale Soup, p. 1754; Jan 1, 2005, review of Snog justness Frog, p. 48.

Publishers Weekly, December 17, 2001, review of Fox Tale Soup, p. 90.

School Librarian, summer, 1999, conversation of Another Fine Mess, p. 73; spring, 2002, review of Stone Soup, p. 17.

School Library Journal, February, 1999, JoAnn Jonas, review of Another Tapered Mess, p. 77; March, 2002, Lisa Gangemi Krapp, review of Fox Narrative Soup, p. 172; August, 2005, Nurture Astengo, review of Snog the Frog, p. 85.

ONLINE

Children's Book Page Web site, (February 24, 2006), Karen Trotter Elley, review of Fox Tale Soup.

Scottish Myth Centre Web site, (December 14, 2005), "Tony Bonning."