Magnificent! 2021
Will be published approx. on 24. June 2021
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-8383235-8-5 (ISBN)
Description
Writer Laura Dockrill's rhyming poem is a bold, brave shout-out for all those children who feel they don't fit in - offering reassurance that it's difference, not sameness, that makes us magnificent. Debut illustrator Ria Dastidar's collaged illustrations are a riot of colour on every single page. For young readers age 5 and up.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
Colour illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-8383235-8-5 (9781838323585)
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Persons
Laura Dockrill is a writer and illustrator whose books for children include Darcy Burdock, Sequin & Stitch (with Sarah Ogilvie), Angry Cookie (with Maria Karipidou), and YA novels Lorali and Big Bones. She's been shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Laura's work for stage and screen include the BAFTA-nominated 'Goldfish', the children's play 'Dust' for Half Moon Theatre, and commissions by The National Theatre, Young Vic and Donmar Warehouse. Ria Dastidar is an illustrator and designer from London who loves dreaming up colourful, surreal, and funny characters: cuddly monsters, confused rabbits, and apples that remember the good ol' days. She's an illustration mentee on Pop Up's Pathways into Children's Publishing programme (2019-2021). Magnificent! is Ria's first published children's book. Ria lives in Middlesex.