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Emily Brown and the Thing

Series: Emily Brown
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Emily Brown and the Thing by Cressida Cowell is a charming children's story about Emily Brown and her rabbit, Stanley, who embark on an imaginative adventure to help a mysterious creature known as "The Thing." With themes of friendship, bravery, and creativity, they navigate a series of challenges to bring peace and comfort to this new companion.
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You might enjoy this enchanting children's book if you love tales of friendship, adventure, and imagination. It's a heartwarming story that blends whimsical illustrations with a delightful narrative, perfect for bedtime reading with your young ones. If you appreciate stories that encourage creativity and bravery, this book might just capture your heart.

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Emily Brown and the Thing

A classic Emily Brown bedtime story about being scared of the dark. From Children's Laureate, Cressida Cowell.

A stunning reissue of this classic picture book. By the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series comes a reissue of the classic tale of Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit called Stanley.

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A classic Emily Brown bedtime story about being scared of the dark. From Children's Laureate, Cressida Cowell.

Emily Brown and her rabbit, Stanley, are trying to sleep. But a Splish-Splosh noise is keeping them awake...

It's a Thing! And this Thing just won't go to sleep. Emily Brown and Rabbit try everything, but nothing works. Just what could be the matter?

This warm and witty picture book is perfect for sharing with children who may be afraid of the dark, with a gentle message that things are never quite as scary as they first seem.

"It's funny, it's got twists and turns, and shows us, among other things, that we can spend too much time nurturing our fears rather than trying to conquer them." The Guardian

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Emily Brown and the Thing is lauded for its hugely expressive illustrations and imaginative storytelling. Critics appreciate its rascally bedtime fare and find it both cute and wildly wonderful. The narrative explores magic and beauty in ostensibly frightening scenarios, offers a warm-hearted and witty take on classic themes, and underscores the importance of understanding children's imaginations.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444923407

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Neal Layton

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 268.0mm

Weight: 216g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Cressida Cowell (Author)

Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the globally bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series. Her next series, The Wizards of Once, was an international bestseller. Cressida is also the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. The Which Way series is her most recent and has already been translated into 15 languages.

How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 42 languages. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC. The Wizards of Once has been translated into 38 languages and also signed by DreamWorks.

Cressida was the Waterstones Children's Laureate (2019-2022). She is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now' magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity.

She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.

Neal Layton (Illustrator)

Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author of children's books. He has worked on more than 80 titles to date, working with authors such Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen, and won several prizes including a Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize for That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown. His books have also been shortlisted for the Red House Book Awards, the Blue Peter Book Awards, the Booktrust Early Years Award, Funfzig Jahre Deutcher Jugendliteraturpreis and New York Public Library's annual list of Best Children's Books.He also writes his own books, such as eco-picture book A Planet Full of Plastic and 'The Invincible Tony Spears' fiction series. His books are currently in print in more than 16 languages worldwide. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two daughters.

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