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A much-loved classic with a great new cover from the creators of Kipper and Percy the Park Keeper. Mick Inkpen is the libraries' ninth most borrowed author.

Are you ready for the school trip There'll be dinosaur bones and giant blue whales, buttons to press, lunches to swap and money to spend. The coach is waiting to go. But where is Matthew Tibbs

'The charmingly comical Inkpen, as always, hits the spot.' Guardian

'Nick Butterworth is one of the best picture book writers alive.' Independent

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Nick Butterworth

Nick Butterworth

Nick Butterworth (Author)

Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen have produced between them over twenty children's books, including NICE AND NASTY, THE NATIVITY PLAY and THE BLUE BALLOON.

Mick Inkpen (Illustrator)

Mick Inkpen is one of the top-selling picture book artists and writers in the world and is consistently in the top ten most borrowed authors in UK libraries. The Kipper and Wibbly Pig stories have millions of readers worldwide. He has won the British Book Award twice for Lullabyhullaballoo and Penguin Small and the Children's Book Award for Threadbear. He has also been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Award three times, winning Bronze for Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear. In addition to this, Kipper won a BAFTA for best animated children's film in 1998.

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