Publisher's synopsis
Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop.
But what is the PLOP? And where does it hide?
Open the book and look inside . . .
‘Hilarious, original and energetic . . . ‘ The Sunday Age
From award-winning author Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrator Andrew Joyner comes an irresistible picture book about a little rabbit who learns that some things in life aren’t as scary as they seem. Based on a Tibetan myth, a sound in the forest sets all the animals running for their lives from the Terrible Plop. Children will be charmed by the wonderful zany energy of the illustrations and the rollicking rhyming story.
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Ursula Dubosarsky was born in Sydney and wanted to be a writer from the age of six. She is now the author of over 60 books and has won many national prizes for children’s literature. She has been nominated internationally for the Hans Andersen and Astrid Lindgren awards. In her spare time she can be found playing the ukulele and reading cake recipes.
Ursula was the Australian Children’s Laureate 2020–2021.
Photo by Vicki Skarratt, courtesy of Allen & Unwin
Andrew Joyner is an internationally published illustrator and author. His bestselling books include the modern classic The Terrible Plop, written by Ursula Dubosarsky (shortlisted for the CBCA awards and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards). Other favourites include Too Many Elephants in this House (with Ursula Dubosarsky), How Big is Too Small (with Jane Godwin), Blue the Builder’s Dog (with Jen Storer) and the Boris series for young readers (Ready, Set, Boris was a Notable book in the CBCA Awards). Andrew lives in Strathalbyn, South Australia.
Photo courtesy of Hardie Grant Publishing
