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Wild About Dads

By Philip Bunting
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Good dads come in many different shapes and species. Get ready to learn a fatherly trick (or ten) from a whole lot of dads, great and small. Wild About Dads by Philip Bunting celebrates fathers with this laugh-out-loud book that combines his signature humour and glorious... Read More
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Good dads come in many different shapes and species.

Get ready to learn a fatherly trick (or ten) from a whole lot of dads, great and small.

Wild About Dads by Philip Bunting celebrates fathers with this laugh-out-loud book that combines his signature humour and glorious illustrations with fascinating facts about what fatherhood looks like across the animal kingdom.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761213359

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Board book

Date Published: 02 July 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: Little Hare

Illustration: Full Color

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 370g

Pages: 24

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About the Author

Philip Bunting is an author and illustrator, with a soft spot for creating picture books for sleep-deprived, time-poor, raisin-encrusted parents (and their children).

Philip’s work deliberately encourages playful interaction between the reader and child, allowing his books to create a platform for genuine intergenerational engagement and fun. He believes that the more fun the child has during their early reading experiences, the more likely they will be to return to books, improve their emergent literacy skills, and later find joy in reading and learning.

Philip’s books have been translated into multiple languages and published in over 25 countries around the world. Since his first book was published in 2017, Philip has received multiple accolades, including Honours from the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and making the list for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2018.

Philip grew up in the England’s Lake District and now lives with his young family in the hills behind Noosa.

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