The Boy Who Lost His Laugh

(Hardback)

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Tim loves his collection of dinosaurs but one thing hed love even more is a family of his own.
Tims beloved dinosaur collection travels with him wherever he goes. But Tim travels a lot he is a foster child, and has to move from one family to the next all too often.

Tim is always losing things, so when he moves in with the Lee family he doesnt bother unpacking his dinosaurs in case they get lost when he has to move again. But one day he realizes he has lost something just as precious as his dinosaurs: his laugh. He doesnt know where he lost it, but it has definitely disappeared. The kind Lee family help Tim look for his laugh, but no one can find it anywhere. Then one day, some news arrives that might just help Tim find his laugh again. The Boy Who Lost His Laugh takes a sensitive look at foster care from the childs perspective, and shows how humour and love can help you bounce back and find what youve been looking for all along.

Author Bio

Dimity Powell has published over 30 stories including This is My Dad, the award-winning At the End of Holyrood Lane and the critically acclaimed, The Fix-It Man. Heidi Cooper Smith is an authorillustrator. She illustrates digitally using watercolour brushes and writes quirky, whimsical stories.