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Published: 28th November 2023
The Roar: Mini Gift Edition
By (Author) Eoin McLaughlin
Illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
28th November 2023
7th July 2022
Main
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
823.92
Hardback
32
Width 132mm, Height 133mm, Spine 10mm
100g
There were so many things that Tortoise wanted to do.
So many games to play and rocks to climb.
Oops.
Tortoise was stuck.
Being stuck made Tortoise cross.
Tortoise is not having a good day and now he's stuck in a hole and and is far too cross for hugs. Hedgehog sits and waits and then makes Tortoise laugh - taking the time to let the moment pass, and acknowledge how Tortoise feels.
Polly Dunbar is one of the best-known illustrators working in the UK today. Polly's bestselling book, Penguin, won numerous awards including the BookTrust Early Year's Award, the Nestle Silver Children's Book Prize, the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Polly was chosen as one of BookTrust's Ten Best Illustrators. Polly is the illustrator of Shoe Baby, Pat-a-Cake Baby and two picture books written by David Almond. Polly created 'Tilly and Friends', a series which is now animated on CBeebies. Polly lives in the Waveny Valley, Suffolk with her partner and their two boys.
Eoin McLaughlin was born in Ireland and now lives in Surrey with his partner and their young son. When he's not hugging them, he's writing more stories. The Hug was his debut picture book. He also wrote Secret Agent Elephant, illustrated by Ross Collins and The Case of the Missing Cake, illustrated by Marc Boutavant, and has many more picture books in the pipeline.