Baddies Early Reader

"Julia Donaldson and Axel Schefflerare the Lennon and McCartney of children's publishing" SundayTimesThe fabulous picture book from superstarauthor and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffleris a riot of slapstick fun and silliness and is now in accessibleearly-reader format, with extra-clear font and layout to supportthose gaining confidence in reading. TheBaddies are the meanest, nastiest ghost, witch and troll in theland.They just adore being bad, and fight overwho is the worst.When a little girl moves into a nearbycottage, the Baddies can’t wait to scare her out of her wits.But the little girl quickly shows them that you don’thave to be big to be brave, and baddies don’t alwayswin. This early reader edition has extra-clear fontand layout making it acessible for those gaining confidence in reading Perfect read-aloud rhyming text and stunning pictureson every page with lots of details to spotJulia andAxel are the team that have created picture book favourites suchas The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Zog andHighway Rat - all of which have been made into animatedfilms premiering on BBC1 Christmas Day.The animated filmof Tabby McTat is on BBC One at Christmas with voice artists includingJodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) as the narrator, Rob Brydon(Gavin and Stacey) as Fred, Sope Dirisu (Gangs of London) as TabbyMcTat, alongside Cariad Lloyd, Joanna Scanlan and Susan Wokoma.  More praise for TheBaddies:'[The Baddies] is every bit ascharming and wonderful and funny as you'd imagine' NihalArthanyake, BBC Radio 5 Live'A mean ghost,witch and troll try, yet hilariously fail, to frighten a girlin this brilliant new tale from the superstar picture book duo'The Bookseller'Keeps little onesgrinning and guffawing from the first colour-soaked page to thelast hilarious line of this fresh, funny and exuberant rhymingstory ... With Donaldson's heartwarming, inspirational messages aboutbeing brave and standing up to bullies, a wise and enchantingstory in a rhyme perfectly created for reading aloud, and Scheffler'sstunning and richly detailed illustrations providing lotsto spot on every page, this is a creative partnership made in children'sreading heaven!' Lancashire Evening Post