Ploo and the Terrible Gnobbler (Blue Nose Island)

Ploo and the Terrible Gnobbler (Blue Nose Island)

by Mick Inkpen (Author)

Synopsis

Something has happened on Blue Nose Island which has never happened before! The sun hasn't come up and the moon has become stuck at the top of Blue Nose Volcano. Someone is going to have to do something... Will Ploo save the sun, or fall into Blue Nose Volcano where the terrible gnobbler lives?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: New
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 15 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 0340879009
ISBN 13: 9780340879009
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Book Overview: On one of those days when the sky is half full of big fluffy clouds, look to the left of the sun and there, if you are lucky, you will see a place called Blue Nose Island - where all the creatures have blue noses.

Media Reviews
Simply stunning * Publishing News *
A pleasure to read out loud * The Sunday Business Post *
Charmingly offbeat * The Sunday Tribune *
A riveting story about being afraid of things when perhaps there is no need to be * Book Trust *
Wonderfully illustrated with Inkpen's trademark fold-out pictures * Carousel *
...wonderfully illustrated... * Carousel 2004 *
Beautifully illustrated with pull-out pages and written ina language that is a pleasure to read out loud, Inkpen creates an exciting adventure story with a valuable message - that facing up to fears of the unknown can reveal there was nothing there to be afraid of in the first place.' * Sunday Business Post, Dublin *

KIPPER'S BALLOON:
'This is both dreamlike and sweetly funny (as always)'

* The Guardian *
Fantastic drawings from the superlative Inkpen
Author Bio
Mick Inkpen has been a bestselling children's author for over 25 years. He is one of today's most popular picture book author/illustrators and the famous creator of both Kipper and Wibbly Pig. Mick has won the Children's Book Award for Threadbear and the British Book Award twice, for Penguin Small and Lullabyhullaballoo. Kipper won a BAFTA for Best Animated Film.