Happy Birthday, Hugless Douglas

Author: David Melling

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $19.99 NZD
  • : 9781444913279
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Hodder Children's Books
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  • : 0.22
  • : August 2014
  • : 265mm X 260mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 19.99
  • : October 2014
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  • : David Melling
  • : Hugless Douglas
  • : Paperback
  • : 1014
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  • : English
  • : 823.92
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  • : 32
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  • : full colour throughout
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Barcode 9781444913279
9781444913279

Description

A new edition of this bestselling story with a striking new cover.


Hugless Douglas is very excited about his birthday surprise. But when the surprise turns out to be his over-excited twin cousins, Douglas is sure this will be the worst birthday ever!


This is the fifth adventure in the hugely popular series, which has sold over 1.4 million copies in 26 languages to date. David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world.


Hello, Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014 and a number one bestseller, selling over 450,000 copies.


'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' Daily Mail

Promotion info

The paperback edition of the latest Hugless Douglas adventure!

Author description

David Melling has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Book Award. Before becoming an internationally-acclaimed author-illustrator, David worked as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. One of his most popular picture books, The Tale of Jack Frost, was animated and shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day.