Perfect Presents!
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Perfect Presents!
By (Author) Anke Kuhl
Illustrated by Anke Kuhl
Translated by Melody Shaw
Gecko Press
Gecko Press
3rd November 2022
1st November 2022
New Zealand
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals and spec
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
833.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 145mm, Height 145mm
Description
A happy comic gift book for all agesespecially those who are hard to buy for!
In this little hardback book about gifts and giving, a satisfied lizard has found the perfect presents for a hard-to-please friend.
With 32 pages of comic strip style fun and hilarious illustrations by award-winning Anke Kuhl, this joyful book makes a perfect stocking filler, Secret Santa gift or for giving all-year round at children's birthdays, anniversaries or any celebration.
A lizard is delighted with their whole bag of perfect presents for a slightly unusual friend, owl. At first things dont seem to be going wellThe owl wolfs down each one and reaches out greedily for the lizard itself! With comic tension and a funny twist, the reader thinks the lizard may get eaten, but all turns out well in the end. The story finishes with a big kiss and a cup of peppermint tea: Perfect presents, says the owl. Just my taste!
Capturing both the apprehension and delight of gift giving, Perfect Presents! is the ideal solution when shopping for the person who has everything.
Translated from the German edition by Melody Shaw.
Reviews
"This cute story is like a present and a friendshipto be enjoyed and shared."
-- Kirkus Reviews"Readers will love the message that appearances cannot predict a person's true character, and that you don't have to be alike to be friends."
-- Youth Services Book Review"Small and perfectly formed."
-- The Listener, Top Children's Books of 2022"Hugely satisfying: I hope its to your taste; it certainly is to mine."
-- Red Reading Hub, UKAuthor Bio
Anke Kuhl, born in 1970, is one of Germanys leading childrens book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. She lives in Frankfurt with her husband and two children. Anke Kuhl, born in 1970, is one of Germanys leading childrens book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. She lives in Frankfurt with her husband and two children.
