Plummet - Softcover

Tony Payne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842551442 ISBN 13: 9781842551448

Publisher: Orion Children's Books, 2005

Synopsis

A Flying Frog who cannot fly? Poor little Plummet thinks he's the only one in the whole wide world. He's so sad about it, he's even lost his smile. And then he meets a fabulous Flying Frog called Be-Bop. Plummet thinks she will never be his friend. Who wants anything to do with a Flying Frog who can't get airborne? But Plummet's got Be-Bop all wrong. Soon, with her help and understanding, the sky's the limit. Follow Plummet as he goes from the saddest frog in the world to the smiliest in just 32 pages! Wonderfully illustrated by Emily Bolam, this is a perfect picture book for inspiring self-belief.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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Plummet is a little flying frog with a big problem . . .
Poor Plummet doesn’t know how to fly!
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Plummet
Story by Tony and Jan Payne
Illustrated by Emily Bolam
Plummet the flying frog has lost his smile because he cannot fly. Be-Bop is a little girl frog who wants Plummet to join her in play, but he can’t. He’s ashamed to tell her that he doesn’t know how to fly. Time passes, and one fine day he meets Be-Bop again. At last, she discovers why Plummet is so sad—but she believes she knows how to make him happy once again!
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The Authors:
Tony and Jan Payne are a husband-and-wife team who live in the Dordogne area of France. Their earlier projects included designing and publishing pop-up greeting cards for children, but currently they devote their talents exclusively to writing stories for young readers.
The Illustrator:
Emily Bolam lives and works in Brighton, England. She received her art training at Brighton Art College, and is the illustrator of the best-selling Chunky Books series, also available in North America from Barron’s.

About the Author:

Emily Bolam trained at Brighton Art College and is a very successful illustrator of children's books, among them Francesca Simon's MIAOW MIAOW, BOW WOW and Georgie Adams' THREE LITTLE WITCHES (both Orion). She lives and works in Brighton. Tony and Jan Payne are a husband and wife writing team who live in the Dordogne area of France. For a time they had their own card company, Payne Family Cards, designing and publishing pop-up greetings cards for children. They are now concentrating on developing their remarkable and original talents writing stories for young readers. Emily Bolam trained at Brighton Art College and went straight on to illustrate children's books. She lives and works in Brighton

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1842551442
• ISBN 13: 9781842551448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Emily Bolam