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The Bear and the Hare and the Fair
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Join the fun of the fair as bickering best friends learn to share and compromise in this hilarious rhyming story about friendship, from the talented duo behind the critically-acclaimed The Cat and the Rat and the Hat and The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat....
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Description
Join the fun of the fair as bickering best friends learn to share and compromise in this hilarious rhyming story about friendship, from the talented duo behind the critically-acclaimed The Cat and the Rat and the Hat and The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat.
Hare and Bear are at the fair, but Bear does NOT like rides that swirl and twirl and Hare does NOT like rides that go bump and thump. Will the two friends ever find something they BOTH like? Step this way for rib-tickling, tongue-twisting fun where friendship always comes first!
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805130253
Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 10 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Matt Hunt
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 270.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 350g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Em Lynas (Author)
Em Lynas is a children's author with a love of silly poetry, magic, dragons and folklore. Em has been a shelf stacker, a shoe shop assistant, a primary school teacher, a mum, an educational publisher and now, an author of funny books. She lives by the seaside on the North East coast with her husband, Geoff, and although she did have pets when her children lived at home; hamsters, guinea pigs, a rabbit and a jar of stick insects, she is currently petless.
Matt Hunt (Illustrator)
Matt Hunt was born in Redditch, Worcestershire in 1988. Starting out as a fine artist, he graduated from the Birmingham School of Art, and from these roots, developed a love for children's illustration. He currently shares a house with his wife Hayley and two cats. Matt works in mixed media, utilising paint, pens, crayons, and digital. He loves to create new and interesting characters and write stories for them. He's influenced by old movies, classic illustration, cartoons and books.
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