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    Early Reader: Jogger's Big Adventure

    Francesca Simon, Emily Bolam

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    It's never too early to share a good story with these easy-to-use Early Reader iBooks. Press on the pictures to make them move. Read on your own or use the 'read aloud' function. Enjoy sound effects that bring the text to life.

    Read, watch and listen to this classic story about the adventures of Jogger the hamster. But watch out, Jogger, because mean old Sour Puss is about!

    This iBook contains audio on every page and 21 animated pictures. It is written by bestselling Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and illustrated by Emily Bolam.

    Jogger's Big Adventure is one of seven 'touch and listen' Early Reader iBooks containing animation, sound effects and unabridged audio.

    Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together.

    A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.

    A yellow Early Reader is a Touch and Listen iBook.

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    Praise for Early Reader: Jogger's Big Adventure

    • 'A delightful mix of new stories plus old favourites. Great for reading aloud for library storytimes and for parents and children to share and enjoy reading together' - Annie Everall OBE, YOUTH LIBRARIES GROUP

    • 'Early Readers are a good choice for those young readers beyond the 'beginning' stage who need the reassurance of a familiar format' - Nikki Gamble, WRITE AWAY

    Francesca Simon

    Francesca Simon

    Francesca Simon (Author)

    Francesca Simon MBE spent her childhood on the beach in California and started writing stories at the age of eight. She wrote her first Horrid Henry book in 1994. Horrid Henry has gone on to conquer the globe; his adventures are published in 27 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

    Francesca has won the Children's Book of the Year Award and been a judge for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. In 2009, in one of the proudest moments of her career, Francesca was awarded a Gold Blue Peter badge. She was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours.

    Francesca is also a passionate ambassador for children's literacy and is a trustee of the World Book Day charity. She lives in North London with her family.

    Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. You can also follow her on Twitter @simon_francesca

    Emily Bolam (Illustrator)

    Born in Amersham Buckinghamshire into a family of artists and other creative types, Emily has always flourished in art classes and decided she would like to be an artist when she was 5. She attended Brighton school of Art 1987-1990 and continues to live in the town working from a converted warehouse studio close to the beach. Despite spending all day drawing both, Emily has no children or animals. When not thinking of the next book she likes to watch the world perambulate along Brighton seafront whilst eating icecream. Emily has been widely published by Orchard, Macmillian, Orion and DK.

    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 MOO BAA BAA QUACK, and Georgie Adams's THE THREE LITTLE WITCHES. She lives and works in Brighton.

    Her website can be found at http://www.emilybolam.com/

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