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How to be a Kid Boss: 101 Secrets Grown-ups Won't Tell You
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Packed with 101 exciting secrets just for kids, this is the perfect guide to growing up, offering a mix of wacky and wonderful activities and challenges to get your imagination whirring.
If you’re fed up with being told what to do by everyone, then How to be a Kid Boss: 101 Secrets Grown-ups Won't Tell You is the book for YOU! This funny and accessible guide is bursting with things grown-ups won’t tell you.
It’s time to get off the sofa, enjoy some downtime from your screen time, and discover the secret to brainwashing your parents, training a monkey, winning sports day, and making your whoopee cushion smell like a real fart.
Created in the top-secret Secrets Laboratory (so secret we've forgotten where it is...), this highly illustrated, laugh-out-loud book is packed with 101 exciting secrets just for kids.
A hilarious book from the author of the How to Survive... series, this zany new non-fiction book is perfect for fans of Adam Kay, Matt Lucas, and the Tom Gates series.
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How to be a Kid Boss: 101 Secrets Grown-ups Won't Tell You by Larry Hayes offers children a playful and humorous guide filled with practical tips and clever strategies to navigate their world. The book is praised for its engaging graphics and fun facts, which together create an entertaining and educational experience for young readers. The writing style is lively and humorous, making it not just informative, but also an enjoyable read.
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ISBN: 9781529506631
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Joelle Dreidemy
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Larry Hayes is easily distracted. So when he’s not writing books for children he can be found working as an investment fund manager and the trustee for a homeless charity. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, private investigator, inventor of a yoghurt that makes you happy, Olympic croquet medallist and the person who solves the maths behind the human brain. Larry’s debut fiction book for children, How to Survive Without Grown-Ups, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.
Joelle Dreidemy was born in Saint-Avold in France. She gained a diploma in Strasbourg in 2002 and a diploma from the famous Emile Cohl School in Lyon in 2004. Joëlle lives and works in Paris, producing illustrations for magazines and children's books. How to be a Kid Boss is her first book with Walker.
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