Boring, Botty and Spong

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Hardcover
2011
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Have you ever been to a place called Boring? Met Mr Botty? Used a piece of Spong equipment? These are just three of the real-life places, people and things from around the world that feature in best-selling non-fiction author Russell Ash's fabulous new book. Jam-packed full with lists of names plus fascinating facts, stories and anecdotes, Boring, Botty and Spong will keep you entertained for hours on end! You'll find names to make you wonder, think and certainly laugh out loud.

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Have you ever been to a place called Boring? Met Mr Botty? Used a piece of Spong equipment? These are just three of the real-life places, people and things from around the world that feature in best-selling non-fiction author Russell Ash's fabulous new book. Jam-packed full with lists of names plus fascinating facts, stories and anecdotes, Boring, Botty and Spong will keep you entertained for hours on end! You'll find names to make you wonder, think and certainly laugh out loud.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Doubleday Childrens
Published: 03 Nov 2011
ISBN 10: 038561876X
ISBN 13: 9780385618762
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: Another fanatstic title from the king of non-fiction. Packed full of weird, and wonderful - and totally true - places, people and things from around the world.

Media Reviews

A present for the studious child; did you know that the 8,87th asteroid to be discovered since 1801 was named after London? Pavarotti has his own, too. This book about names will tickle the fancy of nine-year-olds and over - from Charles Dickens's weirdest character names to the best worst punning shop names ever: Pete's a Place , and my favourite, for a crime bookshop, If Books Could Kill . -- Philip Womack The Daily Telegraph 20111210

Author Bio

This is the late Russell Ash's second book for Random House Children's Books, but he wrote, and contributed to over 120 non-fiction titles on a vast range of subjects, both serious and humorous, in his 40 years as a writer.