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The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade

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The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade

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CBCA Book of the Year Award Winner (Crichton Award for New Illustrators) 2016

The night before the underwater fancy-dress parade, Alfie got that feeling… Sometimes it’s hard to be brave. Sometimes you get that feeling. Sometimes you’re just not ready… Until, one day, you are.

From a dynamic new picture-book partnership comes the story of Alfie and a big octopus wearing a tiny hat and the things you can only whisper to the cowboys on your wallpaper.

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Format

Hardback

Publisher

Scribe Publications

Country

Australia

Date

25 February 2015

Pages

32

ISBN

9781925106206

CBCA Book of the Year Award Winner (Crichton Award for New Illustrators) 2016

The night before the underwater fancy-dress parade, Alfie got that feeling… Sometimes it’s hard to be brave. Sometimes you get that feeling. Sometimes you’re just not ready… Until, one day, you are.

From a dynamic new picture-book partnership comes the story of Alfie and a big octopus wearing a tiny hat and the things you can only whisper to the cowboys on your wallpaper.

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Format

Hardback

Publisher

Scribe Publications

Country

Australia

Date

25 February 2015

Pages

32

ISBN

9781925106206

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