The Tantrum

Name: The Tantrum
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781838915902
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A book about meltdowns and bawling bards!

By Louie Stowell

Series: Shakesbearean Tales

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A book about meltdowns and bawling bards!Bill Bear and his friends are staging a new play in their woodland theatre, The Glade, but when things go wrong, Bill throws a full-blown tantrum! Parents everywhere will identify with his friends as they try to calm him down... Read More

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A book about meltdowns and bawling bards!

Bill Bear and his friends are staging a new play in their woodland theatre, The Glade, but when things go wrong, Bill throws a full-blown tantrum! Parents everywhere will identify with his friends as they try to calm him down and persuade him that the show must go on. With clever, engaging text by Louie Stowell and beautiful, detailed illustrations by Isobel Lundie, your little one will be absorbed by this gorgeous depiction of Bill the Bear and his forest home.

A Gentle introduction to the concept of theatre, this book is split into three acts with a list of dramatis personae and a location map. Encourage your little reader's interest in the theatre with a page of fun facts about William Shakespeare, his plays, the Globe Theatre and more!

Can you relate to the drama of persuading a furious little bear that the show must go on?

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A Midsummer Night's Drama

A Midsummer Night's Drama by Louie Stowell is a captivating bedtime book for little bards! Bill the Bear and his friends are putting on a play at the Glade Theatre! But after all the excitement, how will Bill ever manage to fall asleep? Bill the Bear lives with his friends in the woods and writes brilliant plays for The Glade...

By Louie Stowell

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The Tantrum

A book about meltdowns and bawling bards!Bill Bear and his friends are staging a new play in their woodland theatre, The Glade, but when things go wrong, Bill throws a full-blown tantrum! Parents everywhere will identify with his friends as they try to calm him down and persuade him that the show must go on. With clever, engaging text by...

By Louie Stowell

Hardback

$34⁰⁰

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838915902

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Little Tiger

Contributors:

Illustrated by Isobel Lundie
Illustrated by Isobel Lundie

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 40

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Louie Stowell Penguin Books Series: Shakesbearean Tales

About the Author

Louie Stowell was born in London and has lived there ever since, except for a short stint in Watford to study advertising. She’s worked as a copywriter, cartoonist, PR and in-house fiction writer, and was Publisher at Ladybird/Penguin Random House before writing full-time.

Her 2019 debut, The Dragon in the Library, was followed by The Monster in the Lake in 2020 and The Wizard in the Wood in 2021. Otherland, a standalone middle-grade novel, followed in 2021. The first book in her series, Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good, was an instant #3 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller.

Isobel Lundie is a freelance illustrator living in Worthing with her boyfriend and sneezy cat Banshee. She spends most of her time drawing characters and writing books that she never quite finishes. When she’s not working, she spends her time playing netball with her team or taking down her brother’s Just Dance skills.

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