In this deliciously funny picture book from Children's Laureate Lauren Child a child really wants a pet – but Mum, Dad, Granny and Grandad aren't keen on any of her ideas! Sheep are forever following you around, an octopus would leave eight dirty footprints wherever it went and boa constrictors have a habit of wrapping themselves around you and squeezing too tightly… Can she find a pet that will please everyone? Perfect for any child who has ever wanted a pet, and any parent who has ever objected!
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A child wants a pet but everyone keeps making silly objections in this deliciously droll picture book from Lauren Child, the Children's Laureate.
A deliciously funny picture book from Lauren Child, the Children's Laureate
Product details
ISBN
9780711213395
Published
2000-02-01
Publisher
Quarto Publishing PLC; Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Height
270 mm
Width
210 mm
Age
JC, 02
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
24
Author
Biographical note
Lauren Child is the Children's Laureate from 2017 to 2019 and one of the top children's author-illustrators in the UK. Her bestselling Charlie and Lola picture books, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, have been made into a BBC television series, and the first title I Will Not Ever Eat a Tomato won the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author of the Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort picture books and novels. Lauren lives in Hampstead in London.