Bad Panda: WORLD BOOK DAY 2023 AUTHOR

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Are you sick of being utterly adorable? Tired of being cuddled and hugged? Fed up of having your head confused for your bottom because you just so happen to be SOOOOPER-DOOOOOPER fluffy? Lin: If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you're in the right book. Everyone thinks that Lin is the cutest panda in the world. So much so that they ship her off to the local zoo, away from her beloved brother, to be ogled at by the masses. But Lin HATES being cute, and now she will do everything in her power to prove that she's the baddest, meanest, most un-cute animal in the zoo. Laugh-yourself-out-of-bed hilarious, the first in a new series from the creators of DAVE PIGEON.

Swapna Haddow is the award-winning author of the Dave Pigeon books. 'Dave Pigeon' was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2016, selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club, winner of the North Somerset Teacher's Book Award Read Aloud Category 2016, winner of the Surrey Libraries Children's Book Award 2017 and a Fantastic Book Awards 2018 winner. Swapna loves writing about boisterous animals and madcap adventures. She lives in New Zealand with her husband, son and their dog, Archie. swapnahaddow.co.uk @swapnahaddow Sheena Dempsey is a children's author and illustrator. She loves to draw animals, from dirty rats to mean cats and heroic pigeons. She has worked with various publishers in Ireland and the UK including Walker, Templar, Hachette, Little Island and Faber. She lives in Kent with her partner, Mick, and their greyhound Sandy. sheenadempsey.com @sheenadempsey

Misunderstandings, slapstick, and giant poo...what more could a young reader want? -- Kirkus Silliness aplenty in this uproarious beginning to a potentially addictive new series. -- Guardian This book is hilarity bordering on genius in its execution. A comic and an illustrated chapter book? Diabolical! -- Dapo Adeola Genius... Readers will love Lin's comic adventures and race through the story... super-readable as well as super-fun. -- LoveReading4Kids Super-funny young fiction. -- The Bookseller