The Great Dog Bottom Swap
10th Anniversary Edition
Age 5+
Picture Storybooks Humorous Stories Animal Stories
The day has arrived for the Dogs' Summer Ball. It's so high class, that each dog must remove their bottom before they are allowed inside the hall. But in the middle of all the frivolity something unexpected happens and the dogs have to make a hasty exit... with or without the correct bottom!
'Big, clever, funny' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'It's maybe my all time favourite kids' book' DAWN O'PORTER
'Unmissable!' BOOKSELLER
Celebrating its 10th year in publication, this unmissable and hilarious picture book has been shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Award, the Best Children's Illustrated Book Award and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Creators
Since graduating from Kingston College of Art in 2004 Mei Matsuoka has been much in demand as an illustrator. Her illustrations for a short story won first prize in a UNESCO sponsored competition, which she travelled to Japan to collect in 2005. Mei was on the final longlist of candidates nominated as Best New Illustrators, and is one of the UK's most exciting newcomers to children's books.
Peter Bently was born in Tidworth and attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied for a BA Hons in Modern Languages. He has two children, Theo (8) and Tara (5), and now lives in Devon. He has also written several other picture books, including A Lark in the Ark (Egmont) and Shark in the Dark (Macmillan).
Reviews
Big, clever, funny.
The Sunday Telegraph
It’s maybe my all time favourite kids’ book
Dawn O'Porter
Unmissable!
Bookseller's Choice, The Bookseller
It’s illustrated with beautiful simplicity, written with verve – and is like nothing else you’ll read this year.
The Daily Telegraph
Clever and inventive… great fun from an author with a superb sense of humour… this is a hilarious picture book for slightly older children and a great book to read aloud.
Northern Ireland Homes & Lifestyle
A cheeky, rhyming picture book for curious dog lovers.
Booktrust, Best Book Guide
A Lovereading4kids Best Books of 2010
Lovereading4kids
Clever and inventive, with captivating dog illustrations.
Northern Ireland Homes and Lifestyle
Appeals to children’s hilarity over bottoms.
Devon Life
Very funny
Michaela Strachan, 'My Six Best Books' Daily Express
Big, clever, funny.
The Sunday Telegraph
It’s maybe my all time favourite kids’ book
Dawn O'Porter
Unmissable!
Bookseller's Choice, The Bookseller
It’s illustrated with beautiful simplicity, written with verve – and is like nothing else you’ll read this year.
The Daily Telegraph
Clever and inventive… great fun from an author with a superb sense of humour… this is a hilarious picture book for slightly older children and a great book to read aloud.
Northern Ireland Homes & Lifestyle
A cheeky, rhyming picture book for curious dog lovers.
Booktrust, Best Book Guide
A Lovereading4kids Best Books of 2010
Lovereading4kids
Clever and inventive, with captivating dog illustrations.
Northern Ireland Homes and Lifestyle
Appeals to children’s hilarity over bottoms.
Devon Life
Very funny
Michaela Strachan, 'My Six Best Books' Daily Express
