Shark in the Park!
by Nick Sharratt
But wait it's only a cat. He looks again and there's another shark! Phew, only a crow, and the next time, it's just his dad. But as he sets off for home, is he really sure it's a shark-free park?
Some of the fun of this book lies in the sheer incongruity of spotting a shark in this spick-and-span, candy-bright park full of smiling people. Part of the fun comes from joining in with words and actions every time Timothy raises his telescope, then there's clever visual trickery with the sinister dark fin!
A hugely entertaining re-working of the boy who cried wolf or was that shark really there all along?
Publisher: David Fickling Books
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Nick Sharratt
Nick liked drawing from an early age. 'When I was nine,' he says, 'a picture that I'd drawn at school was pinned up in the hall, and the husband of one of the teachers saw it and offered me five pounds to do a similar picture for him. That's when I decided I was going to be a professional artist one day! I nearly always drew in felt tip pens then, and I liked drawing big crowd scenes. I'd start in the bottom left-hand corner of the paper and just let the picture grow, telling myself stories about each of the characters in turn as I drew them.'
Nick Sharratt
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Both my daughter and me love this book. We first read this in our local library and loved it so much that we bought the book. We do actions for when Timothy looks left, right and all around with his telescope. My daughter also shouts "there's a shark in the park ". A fun book for children of all ages.
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Reading Age: 5+
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