Back to the Storks
By (Author) Cressida Gaukroger
Illustrated by Andrew Joyner
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
18th October 2023
8th August 2024
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Hardback
32
Width 244mm, Height 244mm
380g
When the parents of naughty babies realise they can send them back, the storks' village is suddenly inundated!Will the babies settle into their new home, or will they be returned to sender
Fromsparkling new duo Cressida Gaukroger and illustrator Andrew Joyner comes this wickedly funny cautionary taleabout naughty babies and their exasperated parents learning to get along, with a little help from the storks. Perfect for fans ofI Want My Hat Back(Jon Klassen) andNot Now, Bernard (David McKee),Back to the Storksis both uproarious and blessed relief for frazzled 'gentle parents' everywhere!
Cressida Gaukroger (rhymes with 'Dork-roger')is a Melbourne-based philosopher and ethicist, a policy advisor, and a parent to three wonderful children. She has a PhD in Philosophy from the City University of New York, a Masters in History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University, and lectured in Practical Ethics at Oxford University until 2019.Back to the Storks is her first picture book and its about terribly naughty babies.
Andrew Joyner is the illustrator and author of numerous childrens books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Dr. Seusss The Horse Museum, The Pink Hat, and The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky. His books are now published in more than twenty-five countries. He lives with his wife and children on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.