Zoe and Beans: The Magic Hoop
by Chloe and Mick Inkpen
The second of Zoe and Beans’ adventures reminds readers that we are often better off as we are rather than what we think we might like to have or be.
When Zoe tries to encourage her dog Beans to jump through a hoop by throwing one of his favourite sweets through, they are amazed to find he has transformed into a rabbit. She tempts him through many times, and he changes into a mouse, a crocodile and an elephant, which, of course, can’t get back through the magic hoop. However by overeating he snaps the hoop and reappears as a dog.
A winning Inkpen collaboration, with a childlike sense of humour (especially about poos), and several more adventures to come.
Publisher: Macmillan Childrens Books
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Mick Inkpen
Mick Inkpen is one of today's most popular picture book author/illustrators and the famous creator of both Kipper and Wibbly Pig. Mick has won the Children's Book Award for Threadbear and the British Book Award twice, for Penguin Small and Lullabyhullaballoo. Kipper won a BAFTA for Best Animated Film in 1998. It wasn't until Mick became a father that he began his career in children's books. Now he and his daughter Chloë have come together for a unique and exciting picture book partnership, the Zoe and Beans series
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Choe Inkpen
Chloë Inkpen grew up surrounded by picture books and has a natural gift for storytelling. A love of language and art saw her swap an English Literature course for a degree in Visual Communication at Glasgow School of Art. She spent her final year specializing in children's book illustration and was awarded second place in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2008.
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Reading Age: 6+
Interest level: 3+
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