Upper Dab is under attack from a mysterious invasion of toads in this hilarious adventure from award-wining author Patrice Lawrence. After a toad lands on his head as he leaves his house one morning, Leo is determined to find out where it has come from and why. Together with his friend Rosa, he needs to come up with some answers before the angry residents of Upper Dab take matters into their own hands and the toads become toast! A brilliantly quirky comedy caper with a diverse and inclusive cast of characters. Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
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Upper Dab is under attack from a mysterious invasion of toads in this hilarious adventure from award-wining author Patrice Lawrence.
It’s another normal morning for Leo – until a toad lands on his head.  A flying toad.  Before Leo knows it, the toads are everywhere, munching through gardens andcausing chaos around town. Upper Dab’s angry residents are ready to take matters into their own hands – but where did the toads come from? And what are they doing here? Together with his best friend Rosa, Leo needs to come up with some answers before the toads become toast!
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"Brilliantly funny and effortlessly diverse" – Jo Clarke "Leo and Rosa feel like old friends even by chapter two … A fun, original adventure that will keep everyone hoppy" – LoveReading4Kids "This amusing tale positively portrays a range of ethnicities, family set-ups and disability" – BookTrust "What a delight this story is … Another must have for primary school classrooms and libraries" – A Library Lady
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(Dyslexia-friendly)
(Dyslexia-friendly)

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781781128442
Publisert
2019-03-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Barrington Stoke Ltd
Vekt
140 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
5 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
J, 02
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
80

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Patrice Lawrence is a bestselling and multi-award-winning author for children and young adults. Her debut YA novel Orangeboy, won the YA Book Prize, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award. Her other novels include Indigo Donut, the Jhalak Prize-winner Eight Pieces of Silva and Carnegie Medal longlisted Rat. In 2021, Patrice was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature.
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Becka Moor is the illustrator of The Royal Babysitters, runner-up in the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award, and of Violet and the Pearl of the Orient, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Becka was born in Manchester, where she still lives.