Where the wild dads went / written by Katie Blackburn ; illustrated by Sholto Walker.
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TextPublisher: London : Faber & Faber Limited, 2016Copyright date: ©2017Description: 29 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 20 x 22 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0571332110 (hbk.); 9780571332113 (hbk.)Other title: On cover: Where the wild dads went : because every dad still has a wild side!Subject(s): Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild things are -- Parodies, imitations, etc | Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild things are -- Parodies, imitations, etc | Sendak, Maurice -- Parodies, imitations, etc | Sendak, Maurice | Children's stories -- Humor | English wit and humor, Pictorial | Fathers -- Humor -- Pictorial works | Fathers -- Humor | English wit and humor | Children's stories | Fathers | Fathers -- Juvenile humor | Children's stories -- Juvenile humorGenre/Form: Juvenile works. | Parodies, imitations, etc. | Fiction. | Parodies (Literature). | Juvenile works. | Humor. | Parodies, imitations, etc. | Humor. | Parodies (Literature). | Fiction. DDC classification: 828.9202 Summary: HUMOUR. The night Dad had a few cheeky ones after work, forgot the milk and tripped over the rubbish, Mum called him A Wild Thing and said "Don't mind me!" and spent the rest of the night on the phone ...In this hilarious, touching homage to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, a tired and emotional dad finds himself drifting off to the place where the Wild Dads went. 'Now PARTYYYYYYYYYY!' he said. In a riot of headbanging, air guitar and table football he finds himself at the centre of a great escape, but pretty soon he begins to miss the place he left behind ...Lovingly illustrated by the award-winning Sholto Walker, this little book is the perfect gift for new dads - or any parent who's ever wanted to run away from it all.
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"Because every dad still has a wild side!" -- cover.
HUMOUR. The night Dad had a few cheeky ones after work, forgot the milk and tripped over the rubbish, Mum called him A Wild Thing and said "Don't mind me!" and spent the rest of the night on the phone ...In this hilarious, touching homage to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, a tired and emotional dad finds himself drifting off to the place where the Wild Dads went. 'Now PARTYYYYYYYYYY!' he said. In a riot of headbanging, air guitar and table football he finds himself at the centre of a great escape, but pretty soon he begins to miss the place he left behind ...Lovingly illustrated by the award-winning Sholto Walker, this little book is the perfect gift for new dads - or any parent who's ever wanted to run away from it all.
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