On A Magical Do-Nothing Day

by Beatrice Alemagna (Author), Beatrice Alemagna (Author)

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Paperback
2018
$9.55

WINNER of the 2018 4-11 Picture Book Awards (Fiction 4-7 category)

One of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2017

All I want to do on a rainy day like today is play my game,
but my mum says it's a waste of time.
The game drives my mum mad.
She takes it away.
I take it back.
I wish Dad had come with us on this rainy, grey weekend.
Without my game, nothing is fun.
On the other hand, maybe I'm wrong about that...

Synopsis

WINNER of the 2018 4-11 Picture Book Awards (Fiction 4-7 category)

One of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2017

All I want to do on a rainy day like today is play my game,
but my mum says it's a waste of time.
The game drives my mum mad.
She takes it away.
I take it back.
I wish Dad had come with us on this rainy, grey weekend.
Without my game, nothing is fun.
On the other hand, maybe I'm wrong about that...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
Edition: 1
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 16 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 0500651795
ISBN 13: 9780500651797
Book Overview: A New York Times `Best Illustrated Book' of 2017, now available in paperback. For ages 4+

Media Reviews

'Beautiful, hugely immersive, mesmerising! Another fabulous book that once again establishes Beatrice as a writer-illustrator the whole world should get to know' - Read It Daddy
'A warm and wondrous invitation to remastering the art of fertile solitude' - Brain Pickings
'Rich with autumnal tones and textures; you can almost feel the damp fogginess of the forest coming off the pages' - Tales for Tadpoles