Ouch!

Name: Ouch!
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781847151674
Price: 15.99 NZD
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By Alan MacDonald

Series: Dirty Bertie

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Ouch! by Alan MacDonald is a delightful children's book that follows the amusing adventures of a little hedgehog. As she tries to find a way to get an apple unstuck from her spines, the story takes young readers on a light-hearted journey about problem-solving and friendship, all set in a whimsical woodland world.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Join Bertie as he comes a cropper in A&E, goes swimming withouth his trunks, and takes part in an inter-schools quiz against Poshley Primary!

Join Bertie as he comes a cropper in A&E, goes swimming withouth his trunks, and takes part in an inter-schools quiz against Poshley Primary!

Description

Ouch! by Alan MacDonald features Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – making a return for another helping of comic chaos!

Join Bertie as he comes a cropper in A&E, goes swimming without his trunks, and takes part in an inter-schools quiz against Poshley Primary!

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Ouch! by Alan MacDonald features Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – making a return for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he comes a cropper in A&E, goes swimming without his trunks, and takes part in an inter-schools quiz against Poshley Primary!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847151674

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Stripes Publishing

Contributors:

Illustrated by David Roberts
Illustrated by David Roberts

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 96

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Alan MacDonald Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Series: Dirty Bertie

About the Author

Alan MacDonald dreamed of becoming a professional footballer when he was a child, but then he won a pen in a writing competition and his fate was sealed. Alan has since written over sixty children's books, including the Troll Trouble series and the History of Warts series. He also writes for TV, including the hugely popular Horrid Henry on CITV.

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