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Pooems
12 hilariously pongy poems and stinky rhymes!
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A hilariously pongy illustrated poetry collection from the author of the bestselling and award-winning Oi Frog! When gorillas are full of bananas They don't just go to the loo. They swing from their nest, They beat on their chest, And they go for a POO-OOO-OOOOOO!!! But...
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A hilariously pongy illustrated poetry collection from superstar pairing Kes Gray and David Tazzyman.
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Description
A hilariously pongy illustrated poetry collection from the author of the bestselling and award-winning Oi Frog!
When gorillas are full of bananas
They don't just go to the loo.
They swing from their nest,
They beat on their chest,
And they go for a POO-OOO-OOOOOO!!!
But what colour are mermaid poos? How many bottoms do aliens have? Do poos float in space? And what does a ghost say when it's sitting on your toilet?
Find out in this rollicking rhyming show-plopper of a picture book, packed full of potty-humour poems and revoltingly funny pictures from award-winning creators Kes Gray (Oi Frog!) and David Tazzyman (You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus). Perfect for reading aloud and guaranteed to get children giggling!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781444977172
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 August 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 248.0mm
Height: 251.0mm
Weight: 340g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Kes Gray is the bestselling author of the OI FROG AND FRIENDS series of books that has sold over 1.5 million copies and has been adapted into a theatre show. He is a multi-award-winning author with over 70 books published. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and loves to write books that will make children laugh out loud. He has won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Kes is based in Essex.
David Tazzyman is an internationally acclaimed award-winning illustrator. Born & raised in Leicester, David wanted to be an artist since the age of 5. He graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University 1993 and then travelled around Asia with sketchbooks for 3 years before moving to London in 1997. He worked as a commercial illustrator (clients including Cream, Vodafone, Orange, Natwest, Fiat, Levi's, Virgin Atlantic, We Love) before falling into children's publishing in 2006, illustrating Andy Stanton's Mr Gum series which went on to win numerous awards including the first Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2008. Now David mainly illustrates children's picture and fiction books and lives in Leicestershire with his partner and 3 children.Also by Kes Gray
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