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Heavy Metal Badger

By Duncan Beedie
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Heavy Metal Badger is loud, proud, and ready to rock. But first, he needs a band. An empowering rock anthem celebrating identity, self-expression, and finding your musical tribe. Heavy Metal Badger is one of The Times Best Children's Books of 2023. An empowering rock anthem, from... Read More
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Heavy Metal Badger is loud, proud, and ready to rock. But first, he needs a band.

An empowering rock anthem celebrating identity, self-expression, and finding your musical tribe.

Heavy Metal Badger is one of The Times Best Children's Books of 2023.

An empowering rock anthem, from the fantastically funny Duncan Beedie, celebrating identity and self-expression.

Badger is ready to ROCK! The music inside him is ready to burst out. He just needs to find a band.

But recorder class isn't right. Neither's the choir. Nor the marching band!

Will Badger ever find his musical tribe? Perhaps it's been there all along...

Children will love the laugh-out-loud chaos that Badger causes on his quest for a musical home. Packed with tons of rock-themed references, puns, and visual jokes, this is THE picture book for budding rock music lovers.

Perfect for fans of Dogs Don't Do Ballet by Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie, Zog by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801045063

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Little Tiger

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 260.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Duncan Beedie Penguin Books

About the Author

Duncan is a children's author and illustrator from Bristol. He has worked on a number of Little Tiger titles, including the bestselling World of Hank series by Maudie Powell-Tuck and the Bush Baby Adventures by Karl Newson, as well as his own book Heavy Metal Badger, which has been nominated for several children's literature awards. When not drawing badgers, bears and bush babies, Duncan likes to get out in the woods or sit in a comfy chair to read ghost stories.

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