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Discover the ultimate unwanted birthday gift in this hilarious story from the award-winning Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

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It was Boa´s birthday.
It was going to be the best one ever.
Or so he hoped.

He invited his friends round.
They would all bring him wonderful presents.
Or would they?

A hilarious tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully, from the award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

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"The understated humour of Jean Willis´ straight-talking text is the perfect counterpart to Ross´ illlustrations. The Willis/Ross partnership just goes from strength to strength" Red Reading Hub

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Jeanne Willis (Author)
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children´s author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen Press at the age of 21, and since then she has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole´s Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children´s Book Award (Who´s in The Loo) and the Red House Children´s Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle. She lives in North London with her husband.

Tony Ross (Illustrator)
Tony Ross has been illustrating books for over 40 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5s Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams´ best-selling children´s books. Tony´s books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xargle´s Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpole´s Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. He has been named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UK´s libraries´ most-borrwed illustrator. He lives in Rutland.

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