The Treehouse

Name: The Treehouse
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780711294271
Price: 16.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

By Ilaria Ranauro

Series: Puddle & Lettuce

Brief Description

Puddle and Lettuce are best friends. They love sharing adventures, music, and especially pancakes! But when they decide to build a tree house one day, they can't agree on the right way to do it. Will the friends learn to work together to create something they'll both... Read More

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711294271

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Happy Yak

Contributors:

Illustrated by Ilaria Ranauro

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 24

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Ilaria Ranauro Series: Puddle & Lettuce

About the Author

Kawaii illustrator Ilaria Ranauro (aka Ilariapops) sells stickers, washi tape, prints, and other products adorned with her fun images on her popular Etsy shop. She teaches a class on how to create kawaii characters on Domestika and has illustrated children's books for Penguin Random House Mexico. A native of Italy, Ilaria is based in Berlin. To see more of her work, visit ilariaranauro.com and @ilariapops on Instagram, Etsy, and YouTube.

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