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Rainbowsaurus
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WINNER OF THE SCHOOL READING LIST CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024! An award-winning, joyful and fun read-along tale of one family's quest to find the Rainbowsaurs, featuring lots of colourful creatures. We're following a rainbow to find the Rainbowsaurus. We're following a rainbow. Would...
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WINNER OF THE SCHOOL READING LIST CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024!
An award-winning, joyful and fun read-along tale of one family's quest to find the Rainbowsaurs, featuring lots of colourful creatures.
We're following a rainbow to find the Rainbowsaurus.
We're following a rainbow. Would you like to join us?
Join two dads and their three children as they set off on an adventure to find the Rainbowsaurus. On their way, they meet animals that are all the colours of the rainbow who all want to find the Rainbowsaurus, too.
From the author and illustrator of the Mr Panda series and The Queen's Hat collection, comes this instantly classic-feeling adventure. A perfect story to read at bedtime again and again.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781444964523
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 292.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 208g
Pages: 32
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Since his 2014 debut, multi award-winning author-illustrator Steve Antony has so far written and illustrated 18 picture books and sold over one million copies worldwide, and 7 of his titles have been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
His Mr Panda series has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide and was recently optioned for TV by Magic Light Pictures. His highly acclaimed The Queen's Hat (the first instalment of the Queen Collection) was adapted into a musical concert by the London Symphony Orchestra and won the Evening Standard's Oscars Book Prize. His Queen's Hat inspired Shaun the Sheep statue raised 15,000 for the Wallace and Gromit Children's Charity. He plays an active role in his local community as Patron to Swindon Libraries Children's Services and recently designed their library card. He is an Ambassador for The National Literacy Trust , an active supporter of Beanstalk and a vocal advocate for more incidental inclusiveness in children's literature, having written several articles on the subject. Through his art, Steve has helped raise thousands for various UK charities including My AFK, BookTrust, Willow Foundation and Wallace and Gromit Children's Charity.Steve's studied at Anglia Ruskin University after taking voluntary redundancy from a Swindon call centre. Steve was part-raised in New Mexico and now lives in Swindon UK with his husband and cat.Also by Steve Antony
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