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This lake is fake!

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Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear … and how friends can accept that the world isn’t always perfect. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books.

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SKU: 9781444947571 Category: CH REFERENCE Tags: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage)
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Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear … and how friends can accept that the world isn’t always perfect. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books.

‘A perfect animal double-act.’ The Times, Book of the Week

Rabbit is fed up. Spring has finally arrived, but it’s not as perfect as he hoped it would be.

Bear thinks that if they work hard, they can improve things, a bit. But Rabbit has a MUCH better plan. He sets off across the lake in search of a Perfect World …

Meet Rabbit and Bear in the classic series that has taken the world by storm: this is a story of hope, friendship, a very long journey with no breakfast, and an entire island made of … of … wait … is that chocolate? It looks like chocolate …

‘Rabbit’s Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children’s fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them.’ Neil Gaiman

Read all the Rabbit and Bear books:
1. Rabbit’s Bad Habits
2. The Pest in the Nest
3. Attack of the Snack
4. A Bite in the Night
5. A Bad King is a Sad Thing
6. This Lake is Fake!

Weight 0.041 kg
Dimensions 18.7 × 13.2 cm
Author

Gough, Julian

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Imprint

Hodder Children's Books

Cover

Hardback

Pages

112

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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