There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy: A Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Tale
By Author / Illustrator
Tom Nicoll, Ross Collins
Genre
Funny Stories
Age range(s)
3+
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN
9781035029327
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
11-04-2024
Synopsis
Dress to impress with There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy, a laugh-out-loud full-colour picture book from award-winning, bestselling Ross Collins and Tom Nicoll.
Donkeys in dungarees, walruses in woolly waistcoats, hyenas in hoop skirts . . .
The Cutest Creature Contest is full of tough competition!
But there can only be one winner and there's nothing cuter than a puppy!
Or is there . . .?
Author Tom Nicoll and award-winning illustrator Ross Collins promise glitz, glamour and goofiness galore in this hilarious picture book with special cameos from familiar faces. See also: There's Nothing Faster than a Cheetah!
Reviews
Sue
In the Cutest Creatures Contest, it looks as if puppy is sure to be the winner. After all, there’s nothing cuter than a puppy! However, as a whole stream of creatures present themselves ready to take part, all dressed in their finest, it looks as if there might be some competition after all!
Delightfully silly and bursting with alliteration, There’s Nothing Cuter than a Puppy is a real joy to read aloud and is sure to have children giggling! The bright, zany illustrations are full of humour and sure to inspire children to create characters of their own, complete with alliterative descriptions.
Whilst enjoying the parade of colourful characters who are arriving to compete in the competition, readers will notice that poor Puppy is losing confidence and starting to look more and more unhappy, until other animals notice him and help him to regain some of his original perkiness. Everyone joins together to claim the prize at the end of the story, sharing the glory.
The endpapers are full of facts about the different animals who appear in the story and the final page offers the opening for another story altogether, as a kitten appears to claim the trophy, declaring that there is nothing cuter than a kitten!
Picture book / Reviewed by Sue Wilsher, teacher
Suggested Reading Age 3+