Help! We Need a Story

Name: Help! We Need a Story
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781801045780
Price: 34.0 NZD
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By James Harris

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It's a dull day in the jungle. But with paper, pens, and ink, a splash of inspiration, and a pinch of imagination... Artie the macaque has made something magical. He's created a book! A beautifully illustrated tale about storytelling and the art of creativity. A wonderful... Read More

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It's a dull day in the jungle.
But with paper, pens, and ink,
a splash of inspiration,
and a pinch of imagination . . .
Artie the macaque has made
something magical . . .
He’s created a book!

A beautifully illustrated tale about storytelling and the art of creativity.

It's a dull day in the jungle. But with paper, pens, and ink, a splash of inspiration, and a pinch of imagination . . . Artie the macaque has made something magical . . . He's created a book! A beautifully illustrated tale about storytelling and the art of creativity.

Description

It's a dull day in the jungle. But with paper, pens, and ink, a splash of inspiration, and a pinch of imagination... Artie the macaque has made something magical. He's created a book!

A beautifully illustrated tale about storytelling and the art of creativity.

A wonderful book about storytelling and the art of creativity with an inspiring rhyming text from James Harris (The Unbelievable Biscuit Factory) and beautiful, characterful illustrations from Mariajo Ilustrajo (Flooded).

It's a dull day in the jungle and Artie the macaque's friends are bored, bored, BORED!

But with paper, pens and ink, a splash of inspiration, and a pinch of imagination, Artie creates something magical... a book! Filled with hordes of zombie hens, a fire-breathing dragon and robot sharks (yikes!), Artie's newly-created book busts the friends' boredom, and the next day they can't wait to do it all over again.

With a clever book-inside-a-book concept, Help! We Need a Story illustrates the power of imagination and will help to nurture kids' creative sides. Just like The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, Beautiful Oops! by Barney Salzberg and What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom, this is the perfect tale for book lovers and any child who enjoys creating their own stories.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801045780

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Little Tiger

Contributors:

Illustrated by Mariajo Ilustrajo

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 251.0mm

Height: 286.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational James Harris Penguin Books

About the Author

James Harris is one of Middlesbrough's tallest authors. He writes children's books, shopping lists and sentences that end with unexpected rabbits. In his spare time he enjoys making stuff with his friends- homemade comics, music, comedy shows, zines, daft little films and some truly awesome sandwiches.

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