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Paperback32 pages
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Penguin Books LtdSuitable for Ages
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Publication date
1st May 2008ISBN
9780141500300Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Bog Baby
Jeanne Willis
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RRP: £5.99 Saving £1.50 (25%)Julia Eccleshare's comment:
A tender story with a big message. Two sisters playing by the pond find a magical tiny being complete with wings. It’s a bog baby and the two girls decide to take the best care of it that they can. But, when the bog baby becomes ill, they realize that they’ll have to let it go back to the wild. A beautiful story about the joy of caring but not shying away from the hardest part of it – letting go when the time comes.
Winner of the 2008 Booktrust Early Years 'Pre-School Award'.
The Lovereading comment:
A wonderful new story from Jeanne Willis, the author that brought you Who's in the Loo? Ever heard if a Bog Baby before? Well it’s undersized and blue and has wings similar to that of a dragon. When two girls find it in a magical pond they wonder what to do with it. This book is hilarious, touchingly illustrated and there’s a good moral lesson at the end.
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Synopsis
When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond, they find something much better than a frog or a newt. They find a bog baby. Small and blue with wings like a dragon, the girls decide to make him their secret. I won't tell if you won't. But the bog baby is a wild thing, and when he becomes poorly, the girls decide they must tell their mum. And she tells them the greatest lesson, if you really love something, you have to let it go.
About The Author
Jeanne Willis is one of our best-loved authors of children's books, and also writes for television and video companies. She has two children. Tony Ross is one of the UK's top children's book illustrators, whose books are published all over the world.
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