Donut Touch!

Name: Donut Touch!
Brand: Gardners Books Ltd
SKU: 9781917082099
Price: 29.99 NZD
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By Seb Davey

Series: Picture Books - Gemini Children (Cased Hardback)

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Mikey the T. rex loves donuts, but he doesn’t like sharing. When Mikey’s delicious donuts start to disappear one by one, he thinks that the reader is taking them, but he is too busy worrying about his donut dilemma to see what’s right behind him. Will... Read More

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Will Mikey ever learn to share?

A laugh-out-loud, interactive story in which readers must try to turn the pages without touching the donuts and upsetting the dinosaur.

Donut Touch! is the winner of the 2022 Nottingham Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Spark Children's Book Award.

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Donut Touch!

Mikey the T. rex loves donuts, but he doesn’t like sharing. When Mikey’s delicious donuts start to disappear one by one, he thinks that the reader is taking them, but he is too busy worrying about his donut dilemma to see what’s right behind him. Will Mikey ever learn to share? A laugh-out-loud, interactive story in which readers must try...

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781917082099

Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gemini Children's Books Limited

Contributors:

Illustrated by Alex Willmore
Illustrated by Alex Willmore

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Seb Davey Series: Picture Books - Gemini Children (Cased Hardback)

About the Author

Seb Davey (who also writes under the pen names of Oakley Graham and Amber Lily) has written many bestselling children's books during his career, including 'Donut Touch', which won the Nottingham Children's Book Award in 2022, and 'There's a Bear in my Book!', which won the baby category of the Sheffield Children's Book Awards in 2021. Alongside writing Seb enjoys running ultra-marathons and surfing. Pass him a donut if you see him. He'll probably need it! UK-born illustrator Alex Willmore is passionate about character design and likes every outcome to have a real sense of fun. He is a multi-award winning illustrator and recognition for his work includes: winning the Lollies 2024 award for Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book for 'I DID see a Mammoth!', published by Farshore; 'Donut Touch', published by Gemini Books, won the 2022 Nottingham Children's Book Award; 'The Runaway Pea' was nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medal; in 2017, Alex was shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Award for his first picture book, 'The New LiBEARian' while 'AdoraBULL' was shortlisted in 2019.

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