The Pest in the Nest Synopsis
'Rabbit's Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children's fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them.' Neil Gaiman
From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend ...
"PEACE AND QUIET," shouts Rabbit. "THAT'S ALL I WANT."
Owch. He's hurt his own ears again.
What with Bear's snoring, and a BANG!BANG!BANG! noise from up in the tree, Rabbit knows that Something Simply Has To Be Done.
But high in the branches, perhaps Bear can show Rabbit how to see the world from a different place ...
A story of friendship, wisdom, and how to be REALLY NOISY.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781444934267 |
| Publication date: |
12th January 2017 |
| Author: |
Julian Gough |
| Illustrator: |
Jim Field |
| Publisher: |
Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
94 pages |
| Series: |
Rabbit & Bear |
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Julian Gough Press Reviews
Fabulously funny... Jim Field's rich, glorious, colour illustrations work in perfect harmony with Julian Gough's text. The Carousel
A brilliant read for newly independent readers, but also a great read aloud: adults will enjoy it as much as listeners I suspect Red Reading Hub
Rabbit just wants a moment of peace -- will Bear be able to teach him to view the world from a new perspective? Little London
Julian Gough's tale of acceptance is like mindfulness for young readers and Jim Field's palette of greens makes it one of the most calming illustrated books you'll see this year Belfast Telegraph
An utterly seductive book The Guardian
Who could fail to love this gorgeously illustrated tale? Sunday Business Post
The Rabbit and Bear series ... goes from strength to strength with The Pest in the Nest, in which Spring has sprung and Rabbit is out of sorts with everyone, whether they're loud and happy or sad and slow. His belligerence ( I'm angry! And I want to be calm! So I'm angry that I'm angry! ) and Bear's wry, gentle responses are illuminated by Field's radiant palette of yellow-greens and greys, creating an utterly seductive book The Guardian
This is a laugh-out-loud, soon-to-be-your favourite story Fallen Star Stories
Full of humour - a real joy to read * Parents In Touch *
It's a lovely story about friendship...something which will get handed on to younger brothers and sisters (because it's a book for boys and girls) and probably onto the next generation. It's timeless....It could be a godsend for the child with dyslexia: the clear font makes it ideal for an emerging reader and the good quality paper means that there's no bleed-through from the reverse of the page which can distract a learner or someone suffering from dyslexia The Bookbag
A perfect animal double-act enchants. -- Alex O'Connell The Times
Rabbit's Bad Habits should become an instant modern classic. Stands shoulder to shoulder with Pooh and Toad. Cheeky, delightful and hilarious. Eoin Colfer
About Julian Gough
Julian Gough is the author of several novels and children's books, some BBC radio plays, and the narrative at the end of the wonderful computer game, Minecraft (TIME magazine's computer game of the year).
His first children's book, Rabbit's Bad Habits, published in 2016, has been widely critically-acclaimed; Neil Gaiman called 'a laugh-out-loud story', and Eoin Colfer called 'an instant modern classic'.
Julian has won the BBC National Short Story Award and has been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. He also, in his youth, wrote the words (and sang) on four albums by the cult Galway group, Toasted Heretic, and had a top-ten hit in Ireland with 'Galway and Los Angeles', a song about not kissing Sinead O'Connor. He was born in London, raised in Tipperary, educated in Galway and now lives in Berlin.
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