Oink!

(Hardback)

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Pig has been looking forward to a lovely peaceful bathall day ...In come Sheep, then Cow and Horse. They are very noisy! Pig finds a way to make them go away. Oink!

Reviews

"Pencil-and-wash pictures in muted tones evoke a sense of calm, while splashes of bright color provide a contrast to the tranquil atmosphere; every time the door opens and someone new appears, bright orange spills from the room beyond."

-- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The delicacy and subtlety of the art only adds to the frisky humor."

-- The New York Times

"The soft pencil-and-watercolor drawings are masterful in their simple details, and kids will enjoy telling the tale themselves, intoning the animal sounds in different ways to heighten the drama of the story."

-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Best 50 Kids Books 2018
This bathroom interlude is the perfect story to share with a child just beginning to read. It has just enough text for the child to tell the story to an adult listener."

-- The Listener

Author Bio

David Elliot is one of New Zealands leading childrens book illustrators. He has won many awards, including the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Snark. Elliot has an international reputation, and has illustrated for Brian Jacques Redwall and Castaways series, for U.S. authors T.A. Barron and Jeffrey Kluger, and for John Flanagans bestselling Rangers Apprentice series. His picture book Henrys Map was chosen by the School Library Journal for its Best Books 2013. Elliot was born in Ashburton and lives in Dunedin.