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Lou Peacock (Author)
Lou Peacock loves words, stories and poems and has nearly thirty years of experience in children's publishing. She is Nosy Crow's Publishing Director at Large for Picture Books, and her own stories have been published in nearly 30 languages. Lou's previous poetry anthology - the highly-acclaimed A Whale of a Time, illustrated by Matt Hunt - was a Waterstones Book of the Year in 2023 and also The Times book of the week. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and son and their small black fluffy dog called Lyra.
Alison Friend (Illustrator)
Alison has loved painting and drawing for as long as she can remember. Animals were always a favourite subject, and as a child she copied them obsessively from wildlife books and encyclopaedias.
Alison lives in the beautiful Lake District with her husband Mike,her son Cal and Border Collie, Blue. In her spare time she enjoys walking Blue in the fells, swimming in the lakes (when it's warm!) and falling asleep during really good films!
A terrifically funny tale about a tiger's very unlucky day!
Mr Brown is a Very Important Tiger who works in a Very Important Office. He carries a Very Important Briefcase and does Very Important Things all day long.
But when his Very Important Briefcase goes missing, Mr Brown's world is turned upside down. He goes on a VERY wild chase all over town, but will he ever get his briefcase back? And what about the Very Important Things inside?
A wonderfully witty madcap adventure with inventive twists and turns, a series of unlucky events, a comic chase and a brilliant and reassuring surprise ending, perfect for bedtime. Illustrator Alison Friend fills every page with beautifully detailed artwork and lots of funny animal characters - children will love picking their favourites!
With plenty of repeated patterns and phrases, little ones will love joining in with the storytelling, as well as watching poor Mr Brown transform from uptight businessman to untidy mess! At the end of the story, Mr Brown finally reveals himself to be a very sweet and relatable character . . . who loves his bedtime above all else!
Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!
A terrifically funny tale about a tiger's very unlucky day!
Mr Brown is a Very Important Tiger who works in a Very Important Office. He carries a Very Important Briefcase and does Very Important Things all day long.
But when his Very Important Briefcase goes missing, Mr Brown's world is turned upside down.
. . . Unfortunately for Mr Brown, when the school children got off the ride, they took everything with them, including Mr Brown's Very Important Briefcase.
And then they went to catch the bus.
"WAIT!" bellowed Mr Brown. "WAIT! That's my Very Important Briefcase!"
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Lou Peacock (Author)
Lou Peacock loves words, stories and poems and has nearly thirty years of experience in children's publishing. She is Nosy Crow's Publishing Director at Large for Picture Books, and her own stories have been published in nearly 30 languages. Lou's previous poetry anthology - the highly-acclaimed A Whale of a Time, illustrated by Matt Hunt - was a Waterstones Book of the Year in 2023 and also The Times book of the week. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and son and their small black fluffy dog called Lyra.
Alison Friend (Illustrator)
Alison has loved painting and drawing for as long as she can remember. Animals were always a favourite subject, and as a child she copied them obsessively from wildlife books and encyclopaedias.
Alison lives in the beautiful Lake District with her husband Mike,her son Cal and Border Collie, Blue. In her spare time she enjoys walking Blue in the fells, swimming in the lakes (when it's warm!) and falling asleep during really good films!