The Dodo Made Me Do It
By (Author) Jo Simmons
Illustrated by Sheena Dempsey
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
1st September 2018
9th August 2018
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
823.92
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
254g
SUMMER HOLIDAYS = BORING! And Dannys dreading another one at his grans. Hes desperate for action, fun and adventure! And this year amazingly and unbelievably he gets it all, when he finds a dodo on a tiny island. A what Yes! This is going to be the wildest summer holiday ever! (It might even be more than he can handle.) Are you in A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother Is a Superhero and David Baddiels The Parent Agency.
Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sam books followed. In addition to childrens fiction, she co-wrote a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now: The Aargh To Zzzz of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog. I Swapped My Brother on the Internet is her first book for Bloomsbury. Sheena Dempsey is a childrens illustrator and author from Ireland. She has illustrated for various writers and publishers including the multi-award-winning Dave Pigeon books written by Swapna Haddow (published by Faber) and CBI nominated Billy Button, Telegram Boy written by Sally Nicholls and published by Barrington Stoke. She also illustrated Yoga Babies, by Fearne Cotton, which was published in September 2017 by Andersen Press. Sheena lives in London with her very spotty greyhound, Sandy, and her not-very-spotty partner, Mick. sheenadempsey.com