The Time of Your Life

The wit and wisdom of thirty sprightly wise old birds collected and illustrated by the author and illustrator of Granpa and Mr Gumpy's Outing; In John Burningham's well-stocked larder of the fruits of age are contributions from Raymond Briggs, Ivor Cutler, Clare Rayner, Richard Ingrams, Doris Lessing, Patrick Moore, Dervla Murphy, Ronald Searle, Tom Sharpe, Chad Varah, Mary Wesley and many others on such themes ranging from 'time', 'birthdays' and 'travel' to 'love and marriage'. Woven in amongst these pieces is a rich selection of quotes from T. S. Eliot and Leon Trotsky to Bob Hope and Ogden Nash and fifty witty and poignant drawings by John Burningham.