Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

Name: Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9780689708077
Price: 34.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

By Judi Barrett

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Animals should definitely not wear clothing. ...because a snake would lose it, a billy goat would eat it for lunch, and it would always be wet on a walrus! This well-loved book by Judi and Ron Barrett shows the very youngest why animals' clothing is perfect...just... Read More

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Description

Animals should definitely not wear clothing.
...because a snake would lose it, a billy goat would eat it for lunch, and it would always be wet on a walrus! This well-loved book by Judi and Ron Barrett shows the very youngest why animals' clothing is perfect...just as it is.

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9780689708077

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 December 1988

Country: United States

Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Edition: Reprint

Illustration: f-c

Contributors:

Illustrated by Ron Barrett
Illustrated by Ron Barrett
Illustrated by Ron Barrett

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Length: 5.0mm

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 164g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Judi Barrett is the author of many beloved books for children, including the bestselling Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, Lots More Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, Santa from Cincinnati, and An Excessive Alphabet. She teaches art to kindergarten students at a school in her Brooklyn neighborhood.

Ron Barrett is the internationally bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Superhero Joe, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, Lots More Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, and An Excessive Alphabet. His illustrations have been honored by the Society of Illustrators and have been exhibited at The Louvre in Paris. He lives in New York City.

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