How the Whale Became : and Other StoriesAuthor: Hughes, Ted Interest age: from c 7 years Published on 2 June 2011 by Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom. Paperback 96 pages 125 x 196 x 7 70g This collection of eleven evocative, accessible and funny stories for children of 5+ tells how a particular animal came to be as it is now. The Whale grew up in God's vegetable patch but was banished to sea when he became too large and crushed all His carrots; the Polar Bear was lured to the North Pole

and this time the stakes are higher than ever

so the reader feels immersed in the exciting detective plot

Join Kamal as he attempts to go from PUKE BOY to POPULAR

that's nothing compared with the surprise Dad has in store for me

130 x 198 x 25 | 316g

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