There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy

Name: There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781035029327
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A Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Tale

By Tom Nicoll

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Donkeys in dungarees, walruses in woolly waistcoats, hyenas in hoop skirts . . . The Cutest Creature Contest is full of tough competition! But there can only be one winner and there's nothing cuter than a puppy! Or is there . . .? Author Tom Nicoll... Read More

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Description

Donkeys in dungarees, walruses in woolly waistcoats, hyenas in hoop skirts . . .

The Cutest Creature Contest is full of tough competition! But there can only be one winner and there's nothing cuter than a puppy! Or is there . . .?

Author Tom Nicoll and award-winning illustrator Ross Collins promise glitz, glamour and goofiness galore in this hilarious picture book with special cameos from familiar faces.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035029327

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Contributors:

Illustrated by Ross Collins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 260.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 198g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Tom Nicoll

About the Author

Tom Nicoll is an award-winning writer of funny books for children, including the There's a Dragon in my... series and Boyband of the Apocalypse, which won the Stockton Children's Book of the Year 2019. He is also an avid, though arguably not-very-good, gamer and has written a video-game based series for younger readers called Level Up! He lives just outside Edinburgh with his wife and two daughters. Ross Collins has illustrated and written numerous books for children, including There's a Bear on My Chair, which won the UKLA award and the Amnesty CILIP Honour, and was shortlisted for the Greenaway Award and the I Am a Tiger series and picture book editions of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass.

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