Multi award-winning author Chae Strathie teams up with illustrator Francis Martin for this fabulously funny story about a feisty little girl, her toy monkey and the mischievous adventures they get up to. Franciss vibrant, quirky illustrations bring this story to life capturing the wonders of the imagination and the chaos that ensues when Pinkie and Boo get together. Pinkie loves being the smallest in her family, but the arrival of a baby means everything is about to change. It seems like the tiny new addition to the family will get all the attention . . . and Pinkie isnt happy about that. To cheer her up Mum and Dad give her a lovely toy monkey called Boo. But it turns out theres much more to him than meets the eye at least in Pinkies imagination. Their outrageous efforts to regain some attention lead to a whole lot of mess and mayhem, but everything works out happily in the end

 

 

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2021 by Little Door Books .

Chae Strathie is a 36-year-old author of several picture books for young children. Chae lives in a small coastal village in Fife with his wife Corinna, daughter Eilidh. Francis Martin is an author and illustrator, based in Liverpool. He studied for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. The text for Daddy Hairdo is Francis's first picture book text, and was inspired by a true story. Claire Powell is a bestselling children's book illustrator working in London. She started out designing for big-hitting television brands before an impromptu visit to a children's book exhibition led her down the path of illustration. Self-taught, Claire got her first book deal in 2016 and has never looked back.