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Bad Nana: That’s Snow Business

by Sophy Henn

Interest age: 6 to 8
Reading age: 6+

Published by HarperCollins, 2019

  • Funny

About this book

It’s almost Christmas and Jeanie and her annoying little brother Jack are super excited because, for the first time, their town is holding a Winter Wonderland Variety Show. Better still, everyone’s invited to audition.

Jeanie and her friends Wilf and Marcy get Bad Nana – who is no stranger to show business – to coach them in a dance routine. Yet when Bad Nana takes to the stage in a VERY sparkly gown, the rivalry begins between her and fellow luvvie Bobby Trulove – and maybe the lure of the old razzle-dazzle may prove too much for both of them. After all, when you’re old, people don’t think you can do anything – let alone show business.

The third in Sophy Henn’s brilliant young middle grade series is as full of Jeanie’s breathless storytelling and excitable capitalisation as the first two, and Bad Nana is up to her old tricks. The relationship between a little girl and her favourite fun Nana is so well crafted, giving Jeanie the opportunity to be the voice of reason for a slightly badly behaved Nana – and the final message, about having fun being more important than performing perfectly, is pitch perfect. 

About the author

Sophy Henn is the acclaimed picture book maker behind Where Bear?, Pass It On, Edie, and the adorable Pom Pom series. She studied at Camberwell and Central Saint Martins, and is a graduate of the MA in Sequential Illustration at the University of Brighton.

Her debut title, Where Bear?, was shortlisted for the AOI Illustration Awards 2014 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015. Her subsequent titles have gone on to great success, and Sophy was chosen as the World Book Day illustrator in 2015. 

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