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The Ride

Guilherme Karsten author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Tate Publishing

Published:4th Jun '20

Should be back in stock very soon

The Ride cover

One very patient surfer on his way to the beach finds himself giving all manner of unlikely characters a ride. Will they all make it?!

A wonderfully humorous rhyming story with a house-that-jack-built style story about an unlucky surfer on his journey to the beach to catch the perfect wave. Brilliant, retro illustrations and joyful repetitions that will delight adults and children alike!A surfer is off to the seaside in search of the perfect wave. On the road he ends up giving a ride to all sorts of whacky characters: a soon-to-be married diver, a tired super hero, a bored alligator, a wanted criminal, a scared little girl ... But will the occupants of the increasingly overcrowded car make it to the beach? A wonderfully humorous story, playing on repetitions that will delight children!

ISBN: 9781849767101

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

32 pages