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September 2013 Book of the Month Anarchic and hilarious, this debut picture book is fuelled by some of the zaniest inventions ever. Once the animals decide to race, no one can predict their determination to win. They are happy to paddle, claw and above all cheat their way to victory!
Over mixed terrain, the animals have varying success. Lobster gets his claws stuck before sailing down the river in a canoe made from raspberries stuck together with scrambled egg. Pig can’t even swim. Surely he has no chance? Luckily he finds a chocolate canoe. The timely find of a custard trampoline allows Weasel to leap the cliff in one tremendous bound. But who is the actual winner? The only one who doesn’t cheat, of course!
A Piece of Passion from Dustin Brooks, Publisher The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race is a bit different. A big, tall hardback that’s 56 pages long, so longer than your average read. The unnecessarily long title gives you a clue what you’re in for inside. Silliness, quirkiness, originality, the place from whence all really good picture books come.
It’s creators, the self-dubbed Superhairies are themselves a couple of miles west of left field.
The writing and the illustratrations reflect this, they’re inventive, different, a breath of fresh air. And yet the book has a very commonplace soul. It’s message at heart is simply, ‘Fairplay is good. It’s better to fail respecting the rules than win by cheating’. What better message could you send to your kids?
‘Tell all the truth but tell it slant” said Emily Dickinson.
The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race observes her suggestion meticulously. Slant almost to horizontal, it’s joy in being different, it’s original use of language and design wrap it’s homely truth in wonderful colours. Young artists will awaken when they read this book and their parents know their children are experiencing something of quality.
Beautifully illustrated, The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race zany story follows a race as feverishly competitive as any held before. All manner of dastardly plans and cheats are concocted 
by the beasts to gain advantage, including custard trampolines and banana diggers (the swines!). The Unicorn alone respects the rules of the race. Admirable, yes, but in this weasel-cheats-puffin world what chance of victory does that give him?
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Beautifully illustrated, The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race zany story follows a race as feverishly competitive as any held before. All manner of dastardly plans and cheats are concocted 
by the beasts to gain advantage, including custard trampolines and banana diggers (the swines!).
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race was written by James Thorp and published by Digital Leaf
The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race has 42 pages
Hello human book-lovers, we’re The Superhairies, a three of almost-human beasts that once lived in the mountains. We’ve seen and heard of many things while travelling in your world, and learned to speak and draw your words, and put our stories on a page. So here we are and welcome to the first of these, THE WEASEL PUFFIN UNICORN BABOON PIG LOBSTER RACE.