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Your Rock

Name: Your Rock
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781529538090
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A stylish first board book by Jon Klassen, bestselling creator of I WANT MY HAT BACK, a fun gift for babies and toddlers aged 0–3

By Jon Klassen

Series: Your Things

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Your Rock by Jon Klassen blends dry, subtle humour with minimalist artwork, offering an engaging bedtime story. Both adults and babies will love this brilliantly quirky board book by the international bestseller. Young children will enjoy the simple and straightforward way this book is written, while... Read More

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Description

Your Rock by Jon Klassen blends dry, subtle humour with minimalist artwork, offering an engaging bedtime story. Both adults and babies will love this brilliantly quirky board book by the international bestseller.

Young children will enjoy the simple and straightforward way this book is written, while adults will appreciate the deadpan humour. The Scotsman on Your Farm

A comforting board book about imagination and safe spaces from the legendary author of I Want My Hat Back, it creates a charming forest from a handful of familiar objects. Waterstones on Your Forest

This is your rock. It has been here for a long time, and it has never moved. It has seen a lot of things. Now it gets to see you. At the end of the day, the rock is ready to close its eyes and sleep, and you can sleep too, thinking about what you will do with your rock tomorrow.

A perfect story for children learning their first words and as a bedtime read-aloud, Your Rock is a must-have introduction to reading for a new baby, new parents, or to gift at baby showers and birthdays.

Collect all of Your Things:
Your Truck
Your Horse

Discover Your Places:
Your Forest
Your Island
Your Farm

Series: Your Things

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Your Truck

From Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen comes the first board book in the Your Things series for the youngest of children. This is your truck. It is yours to have. Your truck is red, but it could be other colours too. It can carry things around, like a chair and table, a dog, or a horse. It will wait for you...

By Jon Klassen

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Your Horse

A stunning casebound baby board book by international bestseller Jon Klassen! A perfect story for young horse-enthusiasts, kids learning their first words and as a bedtime read-aloud, Your Horse is a must-have introduction to reading for a new baby, new parents or to gift at baby showers and birthdays.Your horse is brown, but it could be other colours, too. It...

By Jon Klassen

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Your Rock

Your Rock by Jon Klassen blends dry, subtle humour with minimalist artwork, offering an engaging bedtime story. Both adults and babies will love this brilliantly quirky board book by the international bestseller. Young children will enjoy the simple and straightforward way this book is written, while adults will appreciate the deadpan humour. The Scotsman on Your Farm A comforting board...

By Jon Klassen

Board book

$15⁰⁰
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~~$18⁹⁹~~

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Out 1 Jan 2027

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529538090

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Board book

Date Published: 14 January 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Jon Klassen

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 133.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 30

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Children's Board Books Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jon Klassen Kids & YA Pre-orders Pre-order Books Pre-Order Children's Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Science & Nature Series: Your Things

About the Author

Jon Klassen is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat, named a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year. His board books include Your Farm, Your Forest and Your Island in the ‘Your Places’ series, and Your Truck and Your Horse in the ‘Your Things’ series. He is also the creator of The Rock from the Sky and The Skull, and the illustrator of picture books written by Mac Barnett: Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? and the Shape trilogy: Triangle, Square, and Circle. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles. Find him on Instagram as @JonKlassen.

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