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The Topsy-Turvies

Francesca Simon
Illustrated by Emily Bolam

The Topsy-Turvy family do everything differently.

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The Topsy-Turvies sleep in the kitchen, get up at midnight and have breakfast in the bedroom. They wear their coats indoors and their pyjamas when they go out. They are most surprised when they visit Mrs Plum next door and find she doesn't, so they decide to make her house lovely for her by turning everything upside down - and when a burglar climbs through the window, they do their best to make him feel at home.

First published in 1995, this story is as witty and original as one would expect from the author of Horrid Henry. It is now reissued with brand-new illustrations by Emily Bolam, whose bright and brilliant pictures of the Topsy-Turvies are as much fun as the text.

 


'Simon's story, of an ordinary family who just happen to do everything back-to-front and upside-down, has Addams Family overtones. ...[Francesca's] gags are much better than those in [other picture books]'

Nicola Smyth

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The Topsy-Turvies

Buy The Topsy-Turvies from Amazon
£5.99
Paperback
40 pages
260 x 260 mm
ISBN-10: 1842555294
ISBN-13: 9781842555293
Publication: May 2006
'the topsy-turvies' is also available in hardback format
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