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Dozy Mare by Jeanne Willis
A lazy horse does nothing except standing still. She doesn't: 'giddy up' for the farmer, nor 'trot off' for his wife, nor play cowboys for their son, nor jump for their daughter. So she gets sold to a tinker, then to the circus, and then to a butcher. But the dozy dobbin demonstrates that, though lazy, she isn't stupid, and runs like the wind.

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Reviews

Ridiculous and entertaining pictures lie behind a liberating story. Guardian Tony Ross's cartooning marries wondrously absurd images with unhibited colour combinations.
TES Dozy Mare is another great collaboration by this pair, who create much visual and verbal humour from the story of a very lazy horse. Child Education This is a really funny story with hilarious illustrations
- the horse's face says so much! Primary Times

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About The Author

Jeanne has been writing since she was five and has published over 150 books across all genres from picture books to teen fiction. She has had other strange jobs alongside being an author, including cowboy boot seller and reptile vet's assistant and once conducted the school orchestra in concert despite not being able to read a note of music or identify the instruments. As well as cats, rabbits, hamsters, dogs, fish and rats, she has owned a garter snake called Betty, a 25 years old smooth-clawed toad called Dave, an axolotl, newts, locusts and some giant hissing stick insects. She was once thrown out of her religious studies class at school by the Reverend Brown for writing rude poems. She was the Blue Team Captain at Junior School, sprinted for the county and can still do cartwheels.

She has won numerous awards including the Red House Children’s Book Award, the Smarties Prize and the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. She lives in North London.

Photo credit: Justine Stoddart

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