By Julian Gough (author) , Ross Collins (illustrator)
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BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING DUO, Gough and Collins, create pure picture-book perfection in this hilarious, whip-smart story about a circle of violence and how it finally gets broken.
In a moment of fury, induced by a piece of stolen cake, Tad kicks his best friend Vlad and runs away to hide.
Unable to retaliate, but similarly feeling rather cross, Vlad kicks Tad's mum who kicks the postman, who kicks a policewoman who kicks a politician . . . Until the kick travels around the whole world! Only to land back up at Tad's birthday party a year on . . .
And then there's something WORSE than a kick in circulation. Oh, WHAT could be worse than a kick up the bum?
It's up to Tad to wrestle with his anger and to break the cycle and send something better off round the world.
Laugh-out-loud funny, with so many moments of shock and glee, this is the perfect teaching tool for any child who has ever had an outburst! For fans of I Want My Hat Back , I Really Want to Eat a Child and Not Now Bernard .
'A tremendous, mighty ripper of a book. Contains kicks, laughs, hugs and a meteoric fart. Children will love it!' Jim Field, illustrator of OI FROG! and THE LION INSIDE 'Has genuine warmth and depth , wonderfully supported by hilarious illustrations. Children will adore it... and adults can be reassured by the brilliantly positive conclusion . A classic in the making.' Vivian French, author of YUCKY WORMS
Julian Gough is the author of several novels and children's books, some BBC radio plays, and the narrative at the end of the wonderful computer game, Minecraft (TIME magazine's computer game of the year).
His first children's book, Rabbit's Bad Habits, published in 2016, has been widely critically-acclaimed; Neil Gaiman called 'a laugh-out-loud story', and Eoin Colfer called 'an instant modern classic'.
Julian has won the BBC National Short Story Award and has been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. He also, in his youth, wrote the words (and sang) on four albums by the cult Galway group, Toasted Heretic, and had a top-ten hit in Ireland with 'Galway and Los Angeles', a song about not kissing Sinead O'Connor. He was born in London, raised in Tipperary, educated in Galway and now lives in Berlin.
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BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING DUO, Gough and Collins, create pure picture-book perfection in this hilarious, whip-smart story about a circle of violence and how it finally gets broken.In a moment of fury, induced by a piece of stolen cake, Tad kicks his best friend Vlad and runs away to hide.Unable to retaliate, but similarly feeling rather cross, Vlad kicks Tad's mum who kicks the postman, who kicks a policewoman who kicks a politician . . . Until the kick travels around the whole world!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed When Tad Kicked Vlad and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
When Tad Kicked Vlad features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Adventure Stories, Funny, Animal Stories, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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When Tad Kicked Vlad was written by Julian Gough and published by Faber & Faber
When Tad Kicked Vlad has 64 pages
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