LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Fears of the horrible smell that she might make has driven everyone away from being friends with Sally. But, on a trip to town, she shows that she only uses her deadly smell against people she doesn’t like!
When Sally turns her stink on Nobby the Job as he raids some local shops she shows everyone just how useful her special power can be. Soon everyone wants to be Sally’s friend. Laurie Stansfield’s illustrations are charming and also help to dispel negative myths about skunks!
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Skunk! Skedaddle! Synopsis
Discover that skunks don't always stink, with Roald-Dahl Funny Prize-winning Peter Bently!
Nobody wants to be friends with a smelly skunk, but Sally is desperate to show the townspeople that she would never let off a stink around friends. When she bumps into the town robber, it's time to show everyone how useful her stink can be!
Multi-award-winning Peter Bently teams up with Laurie Stansfield to teach us not to judge a skunk by its stink!
A raucous tale with a lesson to not judge others at its heart in an upbeat rhyming text. Children learn what it might be like to be someone who’s unwelcome in a new place.
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9781839131721 |
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4th April 2024 |
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Peter Bently |
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Laurie Stansfield |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Paperback |
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32 pages |
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Press Reviews
Peter Bently Press Reviews
'Wonderful ... The story will also show them that everyone has something to share with the world that makes them special and unique' - Preneur World
'Full of fun ... Laurie Stansfield’s illustrations are charming and also help to dispel negative myths about skunks!' - LoveReading4Kids
'A great message of self acceptance' - Toppsta Reviewer
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About Peter Bently
The award-winning author of over seventy books, Peter went to ten schools as far apart as Devon, Northumberland, Germany and Hong Kong. He studied languages at university and worked as a journalist and non-fiction editor before becoming a children's author.
His titles include bestsellers Octopus Shocktopus! (illustrated by Steven Lenton), which won the FCBG Children’s Book Award 2022 and the Teach Early Years Picture Book Prize 2020; Dogs in Disguise (illustrated by John Bond), winner of the Shropshire Picture Book Prize 2022; Cats Ahoy! (illustrated by Jim Field), which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize; and King Jack and the Dragon (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury), an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
His bestselling The Great Dog Bottom Swap, illustrated by Mei Matsuoka, has been described as a “cult classic” and was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
When he’s not writing, Peter enjoys visiting schools, libraries and book festivals.
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