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Cowboy Koala

Name: Cowboy Koala
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9780008798833
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By Jess Bradley

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GET READY TO MEET THE SHORT AND CUDDLY ARM OF THE LAW! I love love love Cowboy Koala! Funny, silly and endlessly imaginative - Jamie Smart, #1 bestselling creator of Bunny vs Monkey Brilliantly fun and funny … will be loved by kids and parents everywhere... Read More

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GET READY TO MEET THE SHORT AND CUDDLY ARM OF THE LAW!

I love love love Cowboy Koala! Funny, silly and endlessly imaginative - Jamie Smart, #1 bestselling creator of Bunny vs Monkey

Brilliantly fun and funny … will be loved by kids and parents everywhere - Neill Cameron, bestselling creator of Donut Squad

Cowboy Koala is a hoot! - Sheena Dempsey, creator of Pablo and Splash

Hilarious - Louie Stowell, bestselling author of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good

Cowboy Koala lives in the not always sleepy town of Onion Gulch – and whether he’s on the trail of a pesky varmint, or rounding up the prank-loving gophers that plague the town, he's always there to save the day!

In his first outing, Cowboy Koala is hot on the stripy tail of one of Onion Gulch’s most dangerous menaces – the Catapult Kid! Able to fire a mud pellet through a window at fifty yards, and disappearing into the shadows at the speed of, well, a shadow, Catapult Kid is wreaking havoc on the town. Can Cowboy Koala apprehend the miscreant? He’ll need help from some unlikely allies, if he’s to hunt him down…

The first in a series of hilariously funny, highly accessible, off-the-wall full colour comic graphic novels, Cowboy Koala is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man, Jamie Smart's Bunny vs Monkey, John Patrick Green's InvestiGators, and Neill Cameron's Donut Squad.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008798833

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 January 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Jess Bradley is an award-winning illustrator and writer living in Devon. She has drawn many books and comics about science, superheroes and giant monsters and is also a regular contributor to The Phoenix comic. She works from her home studio, and likes drawing in her sketchbooks, reading, playing video games and watching cartoons with her son.

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