Beedie, Duncan – The Bell Bookshop

Heavy metal badger

Emma — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Heavy Metal Badger is one of The Times Best Children’s Books of 2023?

An empowering rock anthem, from the fantastically-funny Duncan Beedie, celebrating identity and self-expression.

Badger is ready to ROCK!

The music inside him is ready to burst out.
He just needs to find a band.
But recorder class isn’t right. Neither’s the choir. Nor the marching band!
Will Badger ever find his musical tribe? Perhaps it’s been there all along . . .

Children will love the laugh-out-loud chaos that Badger causes on his quest for a musical home. Packed with tons of rock-themed references, puns and visual jokes, this is THE picture book for budding rock music lovers. Perfect for fans of Dogs Don’t Do Ballet by Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie, Zog by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field.

A bad day for Bear

Emma — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The lovable hero of Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted The Bear who Stared is getting into more scrapes! Bear is in charge of the campfire for the forest party. But as he sets out to collect wood, all sorts of BAD things happen: he gets a splinter in his paw, a big bump on his head and falls into a huge muddy puddle. The logs Beaver gives him are now soaking wet – how is Bear EVER going to make the campfire? It’s a good job Bear’s friend Frog is there to show him that things are never as bad as they seem . . . A perfect story for children who just sometimes have a bad day!

No Sleep for Bear

Emma — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Bear is back! The lovable hero of Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted The Bear who Stared is getting into more scrapes in this irresistible follow-up title from Duncan Beedie.Winter is approaching and it’s time for Bear to have a nice long sleep . . . but the more he tries to get to sleep, the more AWAKE he feels. So he decides to copy his forest friends who seem to doze off without any trouble: he sings in the trees like Blackbird, burrows underground like Badger, and even hangs upside down from his cave-roof like a bat. But nothing works – until wise Frog shows him how to relax, and soon the forest is reverberating with his snores!A perfect bedtime story which will strike a chord with all parents of fidgety, wriggly, wide-awake children!