Ebb and Flo: Short Cut and Brain Freeze: Two hilarious stories designed to get children excited about reading - Softcover

Bunting, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241796725 ISBN 13: 9780241796726

Publisher: Ladybird, 2026

Synopsis

Small words, big feelings!

Each book includes two stories, and each stand-alone tale features a hilarious and relatable friendship story, featuring Ebb (stubborn lover of rocks) and Flo (expert in helping Ebb out of scrapes). Written and illustrated by wife-and-husband team Laura and Philip Bunting; picture book creators who want to bring fun and laughter to reading as a family.

Woven into these stories are decodable phonetic words, common tricky words and high-frequency words . . . and lots of adventure! Learn to read! Love to read!

Short Cut
After a bad haircut, Ebb lets his hair grow long, long, long!

Brain Freeze
Ebb eats his ice-cream in one big gulp. Oh no! Brain freeze!

‘Ebb and Flo are the friends your child needs by their side on their learn-to-read journey!’ – award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley, author of Raising Readers

• Carefully crafted to support literacy and deliciously funny to hook kids on books.
• Perfect for enjoying together as a read-aloud for pre-readers (ages 4+) and as a read-together for emerging readers and newly independent readers (ages 5 to 8).
• Relatable stories about the ups and downs of friendship, perfect for helping kids through the early years of school.
• A series the whole family will love, and enjoy reading again and again.
• Designed to complement school readers, ideal for home or the classroom.

About this title

About the Author

Laura Bunting (Author)
Laura Bunting is a children’s author whose books are renowned for their humour and heart. She strives to create stories that inspire a love of reading, and act as a springboard for meaningful conversations and the asking of questions about life, love, ice-cream and everything in between.

Laura’s books have been published around the world, translated into multiple languages, and have been nominated for a number of awards, including a Notable award for Liarbird from the Children’s Book Council of Australia.

She lives on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast with her husband and co-creator, Philip Bunting, their three young children, and a gigantic cat named Miso.
The Ebb & Flo series is her latest co-creation with Philip.

Philip Bunting (Illustrator)
Philip Bunting is an author and illustrator, whose picture books deliberately encourage the reader to playfully poke around at the edges of their understanding. His books have been published in over 35 countries around the world, and have received multiple accolades.

Philip grew up in England’s Lake District, just down the road from Mrs Tiggy-Winkle’s place. He followed his heart to Australia in his early 20s, and now lives with his family on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ladybird
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241796725
• ISBN 13: 9780241796726
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Bunting Philip
• Number of pages: 96