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Leaving the House

By Sally Nicholls
Series: The O'Hare Family
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The first in a brand new series, join the loveable O'Hare family as they navigate the hilarious taxing hurdles of leaving the house! Little bunny brothers Jackson and Harley love to create chaos and fun in the mornings, from superhero playtimes and breakfast mishaps, to wardrobe... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The first in a brand new series, join the loveable O'Hare family as they navigate the hilarious taxing hurdles of leaving the house!

Little bunny brothers Jackson and Harley love to create chaos and fun in the mornings, from superhero playtimes and breakfast mishaps, to wardrobe dilemmas and toothpaste trouble... and not a lot of listening to Mum and Dad. No wonder they are always late to leave the house! Will today be any different?

Get ready to laugh, smile, and maybe even recognise a bit of your own morning routine.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839133718

Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 March 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Andersen Press Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Ellie Snowdon

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Sally Nicholls (Author)
Sally Nicholls grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, and after school, travelled the world, working for a period at a Red Cross hospital in Japan. Sally's first novel, Ways to Live Forever, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and she has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Costa Children's Book Award, the YA Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal, twice. She lives in Liverpool with her husband and two sons.

Ellie Snowdon (Illustrator)
Ellie Snowdon is a children’s book illustrator living by the sea in South Wales, UK. After completing her drawing degree at Bristol, Ellie moved to Cambridge to study an MA in Children’s Book Illustration. Ellie now works on both fiction and picture books and has been twice highly commended by the Macmillan Prize.

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