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Tim Minchin’s when I grow up

£12.99

This hugely exciting picture book collaboration by internationally celebrated musician-comedian Tim Minchin and award-winning illustrator Steve Antony is an absolute treat for all ages. Inspired by Tim Minchin’s hit song WHEN I GROW UP from MATILDA THE MUSICAL, the book takes a humorous yet moving look at adult life from a child’s perspective.

SKU: 9781407180427 Category: SPORT Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Children's / Teenage general interest: Television & film, Children's gift books, Early years: verse, rhymes & wordplay, Humour, Picture storybooks, Picture storybooks: Bedtime stories & dreams, Picture storybooks: Imagination & play, Songbooks for children
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Inspired by Tim Minchin’s hit song WHEN I GROW UP from MATILDA THE MUSICAL, the book takes a humorous yet moving look at adult life from a child’s perspective.

A hugely exciting picture book collaboration by internationally celebrated musician-comedian Tim Minchin and award-winning illustrator Steve Antony is an absolute treat for all ages.

Grown-ups surely have all the fun as they must eat sweets every day, climb the biggest trees and watch cartoons till their eyes go square.

But do they really…?

  • The perfect gift for any young Matilda The Musical fans – which has been playing in the West End since 2011 and won over 70 international awards
  • Steve Antony is an award-winning writer and illustrator of 20 picture books
  • Look out for Naughty by Steve and Tim, hitting shelves in October 2022!
Weight 0.44 kg
Dimensions 26.3 × 26.9 × 1 cm
Author

Minchin, Tim

Publisher

Scholastic

Imprint

Scholastic

Cover

Hardback

Pages

25 unnumbered

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Pre-school / Code: A

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