LoveReading4Kids Says
Heart-warming and entertaining, this delightful hymn to the many and varied wonders of parents has some delicious jokes at its core. Sarah Ogilvie’s illustrations show family life splendidly as parents vigorously cover all the ground from mopping up and wiping down, easing social problems and soothing troubled feelings. Boisterous in spirit and visually.
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Meet the Parents Synopsis
Kids may think their parents are only there to boss them around and tell them what to do. And there’s no getting away from it - parents do have to do quite a lot of that! But this brilliant picture book explains just some of the many other things mums and dads do to make life great, from helping out with building dens to mending toys and solving problems and, of course, giving plenty of cuddles and tickles.
Peter Bently’s rhyming text is woven throughout with Sara Ogilvie’s wonderful illustrations, revealing both the joy frustration of familiar childhood scenarios, and perfectly capturing the parent-child dynamic in a range of funny and heartwarming situations.
A real treat for parents and children to share - showing kids that mums and dads have to put up with things too!
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780857075826 |
| Publication date: |
2nd January 2014 |
| Author: |
Peter Bently |
| Illustrator: |
Sara Ogilvie |
| Publisher: |
Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
32 pages |
| Suitable For: |
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About Peter Bently
The award-winning author of over seventy books, Peter went to ten schools as far apart as Devon, Northumberland, Germany and Hong Kong. He studied languages at university and worked as a journalist and non-fiction editor before becoming a children's author.
His titles include bestsellers Octopus Shocktopus! (illustrated by Steven Lenton), which won the FCBG Children’s Book Award 2022 and the Teach Early Years Picture Book Prize 2020; Dogs in Disguise (illustrated by John Bond), winner of the Shropshire Picture Book Prize 2022; Cats Ahoy! (illustrated by Jim Field), which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize; and King Jack and the Dragon (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury), an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
His bestselling The Great Dog Bottom Swap, illustrated by Mei Matsuoka, has been described as a “cult classic” and was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
When he’s not writing, Peter enjoys visiting schools, libraries and book festivals.
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