If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. After snagging his toe, Mr Nogginbody visits his local hardware shop in search of solutions. Armed with a shiny new hammer, he successfully fixes the nail protruding from his floor. But the satisfaction of his first repair carries him away and he figures that anything resembling a nail-from a lamp switch to a fire hydrant-can be fixed with a good whack. The results are predictably and theatrically disastrous until Mr Nogginbody arrives at a gentle awakening and recognises that not everything is a nail.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by WW Norton & Co .

David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award-winning books for children. His picture books include the best-sellers No, David! and David Goes To School which received numerous starred reviews.