The understated humour of Jean Willis’ straight-talking text is the perfect counterpart to Ross’ illlustrations. The Willis/Ross partnership just goes from strength to strength

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Willis and Ross have created so many books together that their combination of words and pictures is seamless... A delight

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A book that teaches good manners and emotional resilience in a light-hearted way

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Another hit from one of the most popular author/illustrator teams in children's books today

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The superstar partnership of Jeanne Wills and Tony Ross, have gifted the world yet another awesome picture book.

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It was Boa’s birthday.
It was going to be the best one ever.
Or so he hoped.

He invited his friends round.
They would all bring him wonderful presents.
Or would they?

A hilarious tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully, from the award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

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It was Boa’s birthday. It was going to be the best one ever. Or so he hoped. He invited his friends round. They would all bring him wonderful presents. Or would they? A hilarious tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully, from the award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
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Discover the ultimate unwanted birthday gift in this hilarious story from the award-winning Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

Product details

ISBN
9781783441563
Published
2016-07-04
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Weight
195 gr
Height
275 mm
Width
241 mm
Thickness
4 mm
Age
J, 02
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
32

Author
Illustrated by

Biographical note

Jeanne Willis (Author)
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award (Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle.

Tony Ross (Illustrator)
Tony Ross has been illustrating books for 50 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5's Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams’ best-selling children’s books. Tony’s books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpole’s Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. He was named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UK’s libraries' most-borrowed illustrator. He lives in Macclesfield.