Zoe and her devoted dog, Beans, have found a brilliant new game to play! When Beans jumps through Zoe’s rainbow-coloured hoop, he magically transforms into all sorts of creatures! There’s Beans the flop-eared rabbit, and Beans the crocodile with snappy jaws. But could Beans the HUGE elephant be a leap too far? The hoop may be magic but it’s only small – and a great big elephant could easily get stuck! Full of colour and energy, this is the second delightful picture book starring Zoe and her ever-faithful hound.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780330518406

Publisher

Macmillan Children's Books

Date published

January 5th, 2012

Other details

32 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Mick Inkpen

Mick Inkpen is one of the most popular author/illustrators in the world. His books have sold over 4 million copies, and have been translated into over twenty different languages. His best-loved characters are probably Kipper and Wibbly Pig – who are both stars of their very own TV series!

He began his career as a graphic designer, and worked with another children’s author Nick Butterworth (of Percy the Park Keeper fame) on a cartoon strip for the Sunday Express. In 1989 The Blue Balloon was published to great acclaim, and established him as an important and original voice in children’s picture books. He and his wife, Debbie, also had children of their own by this point: “Without the experience of having children of my own I doubt that I would have been capable of writing effectively for children. And yet it’s true that good work really springs from trying to please yourself”

Mick lives in Essex with his wife and two children.

He began his career as a graphic designer, declining a place to study English at Cambridge University. During this period he worked with Nick Butterworth, a fellow children’s author, from whom he learned design and typography. Together they developed a cartoon strip for the Sunday Express magazine, later to become a first series of children’s picture books. They also worked in children’s television.

In 1989 The Blue Balloon established him as a truly original voice in children’s picture books, by which time Mick and his wife Debbie had two children of their own. “Without the experience of having children of my own I doubt that I would have been capable of writing effectively for children. And yet it’s true that good work really springs from trying to please yourself”