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Published by Macmillan Children’s books, April 2011. Republished with a jolly new cover August 2020!
Poor Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo? Well, the less said about the hippo, the better! But then somebody else starts causing trouble . . . and for once it is NOT Solomon. Could it be the perfect pal for a lonely crocodile?
WINNER of the CNPB PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014
Shortlisted for the CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2012
Shortlisted for the SCOTTISH CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS 2012
Dimensions Paperback 27cm x 21.5cm, Board book 18.5cm x 15cm
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