Once Upon a Leopard (African Stories)
Language: English
Published by Hodder Children's Books, 2025
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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32 pages. 9.53x0.16x9.53 inches. In Stock.
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- Title
- Once Upon a Leopard (African Stories)
- Author
- Wilson-Max, Ken (Author)/ Thorne, Burgen (Illustrator)/ Thorne, Chantelle (Illustrator)
- Publisher
- Hodder Children's Books
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1444978144
- ISBN 13
- 9781444978148
- Illustrator
- Burgen Thorne; Chantelle Thorne
- Item weight
- 0.16 kilograms
Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa, find out WHY Leopard has spots!
Once upon a time, Leopard didn't have a wonderfully spotty coat. Until he rescued a firebird from the flames and she left her sooty mark on his golden fur.
A vibrant animal adventure perfect for curious little ones. Written by Ken Wilson-Max and illustrated by the multi award-winning Chantelle and Burgen Thorne.
Also available in the African Stories series: Once Upon an Elephant, Once Upon a Zebra, Once Upon a Lion, Once Upon a Giraffe, Once Upon a Hippo, Once Upon a Hyena, Once Upon a Buffalo, Once Upon a Rhino, and Once Upon a Chameleon.
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About the Author
Ken Wilson-Max is an award-winning author, illustrator and publisher of children's books. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He trained to be a graphic designer in Zimbabwe before coming to the UK. He now lives in London.
In 2020 his book, Astro Girl, won the STEAM award for early years picture books. Where's Lenny? was listed in 50 Best Culturally Diverse Children's Books by The Guardian and Max Paints the House is listed in 150 Important Children's Books by the African American Literature Book Club.
Ken has over 70 children's books published by over 15 international publishers in many languages worldwide.
Multi-award winning illustration team Chantelle and Burgen Thorne are eclectic bookworms who delight in the magic of stories. In the rolling green hills of their rural home, they spend their days creating children's book art ... and sometimes writing a story or two themselves. As career illustrators, they learned to draw really, really fast and have become deft wielders of the digital brush. They're at their happiest drawing kids' stories with a bit of humor and a ton of animals.
Multi-award winning illustration team Chantelle and Burgen Thorne are eclectic bookworms who delight in the magic of stories. In the rolling green hills of their rural home in South Africa, they spend their days creating children's book art. .. and sometimes writing a story or two themselves. As career illustrators, they learned to draw really, really fast and have become deft wielders of the digital brush. They're at their happiest drawing kids' stories with a bit of humor and a ton of animals.
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Revaluation Books
Exeter, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 6, 2003
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