By Jeanne Willis (author) , Jenni Desmond (illustrator)
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Shortlisted for the English Picture Book Award 2016 Jeanne Willis is an expert at pinpointing human weaknesses, particularly those common in the very young, and this is a very funny morality tale about the importance of sharing. The first Slodge emerges from the primordial slime and has a wonderful time, gambolling around trilling ‘Mine, all mine!’ until the arrival of a second Slodge, a male this time.
Hostilities break out between the two until a sudden external threat unites them. A happy last spread shows them – and their offspring – along with the message that the world is everyone’s to share. Jenni Desmond’s illustrations capture all the humour while providing a suitably ‘first morning’ feel. ~ Andrea Reece
A wonderfully original and witty picture book from the award-winning author, Jeanne Willis (Who's in the Loo? andThe Bog Baby). This humorous exploration of sharing and friendship carries an important message: that the world belongs to everyone. Captivating illustrations from Jenni Desmond (Red Cat, Blue Cat) will delight adults and children alike.
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She wrote her first book when she was five - a slim volume about cats written in pencil and stitched together with a painfully blunt needle so that it looked like a 'real' book. After that, there was no turning back. Having been fired from her Saturday job - selling cowboy boots on the Kings Road - for chewing gum, and after a brief career as a reptile vet's assistant, she worked as a copywriter and had her first picture book published at the age of 21 (which she wrote whilst pretending to be busy creating adverts for cognac).
She has since written over 300 books and has won several awards, which are arranged in the attic where she works, along with her collection of caterpillars, pink-toed tarantula skins and live locusts. Jeanne has a keen interest in Natural History and has lost count of the number of species featured in her books, including everything from slugs to sloths. She is currently into corvids - especially Nosy Crows.
Jeanne has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize for Tadpole's Promise , the Nasen Special Needs Award for Susan Laughs , the Sheffield Children's Book Award for Who’s in The Loo and the Red House Children's Book Award for Bottoms Up . Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle .
A wonderfully original and witty picture book from the award-winning author, Jeanne Willis (Who's in the Loo? andThe Bog Baby). This humorous exploration of sharing and friendship carries an important message: that the world belongs to everyone.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The First Slodge and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
The First Slodge features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations
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The First Slodge was written by Jeanne Willis and published by Little Tiger Press an imprint of Little Tiger Press Group
The First Slodge has 32 pages
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