Features the stories 'Rupert and the Blue Balloon' (1948), 'Rupert's Magic Top' (1949), 'Rupert and the Paper Plane' (1950) and 'Rupert and the Arrows' (1952).

 

This book features in the following series: Rupert Bear Collectors Albums, Rupert Collection, Rupert the Bear .

There are 64 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Alfred Bestall was born in Burma in 1892. He served in the First World War and on returning became an illustrator for books and magazines. In 1935 he began writing and illustrating Rupert stories for the Daily Express, which he did for 30 years, creating in the process perhaps the best-loved incarnation of the famous bear. He died in Snowdonia in Wales in 1986, aged 93.