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.
Illustrator
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Ursula Dubosarsky is widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of many outstanding books, both for young adults and for children, and has won several national literary awards. In 2007 The Red Shoe won the Queensland Premiers Award, the NSW State Literary Award – Young Adult, and was an Honour Book in the CBC Book of the Year Award: Older Readers. Ursula has a PhD in English literature from Macquarie University, and lives in Sydney with her family.
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Andrew Joyner is an internationally published illustrator and author. His books includeThe Terrible Plop, written by Ursula Dubosarsky (shortlisted for the CBCA awards and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards), and the Boris series. Boris Gets a Lizard was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Awards and Ready, Set, Boris was a Notable book in the CBCA Awards. Recent Boris books include Boris on Show and Slow Down Boris. His picture books include Too Many Elephants in this House (with Ursula Dubosarsky) and How Big is Too Small (with Jane Godwin) and Blue the Builder’s Dog (with Jen Storer). He lives in Strathalbyn, South Australia.
