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Books with author Kes Gray

  • Oi Frog! Board Book

    Kes Gray

    Board book (Hachette Children's Group, )
    The board book edition of the bestselling rhyming story, jam-packed with the silliest of animals, will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter. Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! From the award-winning Kes Gray and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes an hilarious rhyming tale about a frog who discovers that all animals have their special places to sit! Can't get enough? Look out for Oi Dog! , Oi Cat! and Oi Duck-billed Platypus! 'An absolute treat.' - Daily Mail 'Hilarious illustrations and rhymes which are easy to recite and join in. Everyone will love it.' - Guardian Oi Frog! , Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! is a World Book Day book in 2018. Combined series sales currently stand at a phenomenal 900,000 copies.
  • Worries Go Away!

    Kes Gray

    Paperback (Hachette Children's, July 28, 2015)
    From the bestselling team behind Mum and Dad Glue and Leave Me Alone comes a comforting and compelling story about worries and self-esteem.When a little girl feels worried she goes into a world of her own. At first the world is full of cream cakes and cola but soon the worries begin to take hold... Only her family and friends can help.The gentle rhymes and imaginative illustrations give a difficult subject a wonderfully light touch. A must-have for any child. Illustrated by the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013 and a New York Times bestselling artist.Praise for Mum and Dad Glue: 'An incredibly powerful book about a boy coming to terms with his parents' divorce.' - Kate Skipper, Waterstone's Buyer
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  • Oi Duck-billed Platypus Board Book

    Kes Gray

    Board book (Hodder Children's Books, May 14, 2020)
    A brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book - jam-packed with animals and silliness! From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog! Oi! Where are duck-billed platypuses meant to sit?And kookaburras and hippopotamuses and all the other animals with impossible-to-rhyme-with names?Over to you, Frog! The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends Praise for Oi Frog!: 'An absolute treat.' - Daily Mail'Everyone will love it.' - GuardianOi Frog and Friends is a Top Ten Bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Awards (among others). And Oi Goat! was a 2018 World Book Day Book.
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  • Oi Cat! Board Book

    Kes Gray

    Board book (Hachette Childrens Group, )
    The hilarious rhyming picture book from award-winning Kes Gray and Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Jim Field, creators of the bestselling Oi Frog! and Oi Dog! According to Frog . . . cats sit on gnats, dogs sit on logs, armadillos sit on pillows and chicks sit on bricks! But Cat doesn't like sitting on gnats. They keep biting his bottom! Will Frog and Dog help him change the rules? Praise for Oi Frog! : 'An absolute treat.' - Daily Mail 'Everyone will love it.' - Guardian 'Simply brilliant' - Independent Oi Frog! , Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! is a World Book Day book in 2018. Combined series sales currently stand at a phenomenal 900,000 copies. Look out for a brand new book, Oi Duck-billed Platypus! , publishing September 2018!
  • Daisy and the Trouble with Piggy Banks

    Kes Gray

    eBook (RHCP Digital, July 2, 2015)
    Daisy's getting into more trouble than ever before! When her best friend Gabby turns up at Daisy's house with the most awesome, immense, water-squirting micro-scooter Daisy's ever seen, Daisy knows she's got to have one too! Trouble is, they cost a LOT of money. So Daisy and Gabby hatch a money-making plan...
  • How Many Legs?

    Kes Gray

    Hardcover (Hodder Childrens Books, March 15, 2012)
    How Many Legs
  • Mum and Dad Glue

    Gray, Kes Gray

    Paperback (Hodder Children's Books, )
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  • The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

    Kes Gray

    Hardcover (Hodder Children's Books, Oct. 17, 2019)
    A brilliantly funny Christmas story from the bestselling author of Oi Frog. Now in a mini hardback, this will make the perfect Christms gift or stocking filler!'Twas the night before the night before Christmas (That's Christmas Eve Eve). And Santa was wiping his brow on his sleeve.Green elves were sewing, Blue elves were counting, Red elves were carving, The pressure was mounting! It's the day before Christmas Eve and Santa is ever so busy ... he's got presents to wrap, reindeer to wake and a sleigh to start. But has he forgotten something? And, more importantly, will he be ready in time?Inspired by Clement C. Moore's classic festive poem, this hilarious, rhyming picture book is sure to have you ho ho ho-ing!
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  • Jack Beechwhistle: Attack of the Giant Slugs

    Kes Gray

    eBook (RHCP Digital, May 5, 2016)
    Don't panic, but you're in danger.At least, you would be, if Jack Beechwhistle wasn't around to protect the world from alien attacks, zombie sweet-shop owners, and exploding conkers - with a bit of help from his trusty sidekicks, Colin and Harry (as long as it's not past Colin and Harry's bedtime). Their missions are daring, dangerous, and deadly. They even have top-secret headquarters (the shed by the rhubarb patch).But now Jack's about to face his most challenging challenge yet. The Attack of the Giant Slugs.And they're on their way to Jack's school - right in the middle of maths!
  • The Diddle That Dummed

    Kes Gray

    Hardcover (Hodder Children's Books, March 5, 2020)
    A laugh-out-loud musical story full of hilarious word play from the author of Oi Frog!, brilliantly illustrated by Fred Blunt.Flinty Bo Diddle is writing a tune for his fiddle. All his diddles have lined up nicely - except for one who keeps going DUM, right in the middle! No matter what he tries he just can't get this diddle to diddle like it's supposed to! A laugh-out-loud funny story about standing out from the crowd.Kes Gray is the author of the Top Ten Bestselling series Oi Frog and Friends, which has sold 1.2 million copies to date.
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  • How Many Legs?

    Kes Gray

    Paperback (Hachette Childrens Group, March 15, 2001)
    How Many Legs
  • Super Daisy

    Kes Gray

    Paperback (Red Fox Picture Books, Sept. 3, 2009)
    Planet Earth is in danger! It's on a fatal collision course with Planet Pea! If they collide, there will be peas with everything. Peas with pizza, peas with ice cream and even peas with lemonade.