{"product_id":"the-frog-olympics-9780750296830","title":"The Frog Olympics","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaugh out loud with this wonderfully funny and charming picture book story about frogs coming together from around the world to particpate in and celebrate their 'Frog Olympics'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rhyming text is brilliant to read out loud at home or in the classroom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreat for discussion starters about the Olympics and to talk about inclusion and how people, or frogs, of every size and ability can take part in the Olympics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumorously illustrated by Amy Husband, the frogs will really leap off the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Moses lives in the village of Etchingham with his wife Anne, a loopy labrador called Honey and a collection of bad-tempered chickens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe first worked as a teacher but has now been a professional children's poet since 1988. To date he has over 200 books published including volumes of his own poetry such as Holding the Hands of Angels (Salt) and Behind the Staffroom Door (Macmillan), anthologies such as The Secret Lives of Teachers and Aliens Stole My Underpants (both Macmillan), picture books such as Beetle in the Bathroom and Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe (both Puffin) and non-fiction titles such as Titanic: Lost \u0026amp; Saved (Wayland). Over 1 million copies of Brian's poetry books have now been sold by Macmillan and in 2005 he was nominated for both the CLPE Award and the Spoken Word Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrian also visits schools to run writing workshops and perform his own poetry and percussion shows. To date he has visited well over 2500 schools and libraries throughout the UK. He has made several appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, been writer in residence at Castle Cornet on Guernsey, on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway and at RAF schools in Cyprus. Recently he has visited several International schools in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, France and Ireland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has performed his poetry at Borders on Second Avenue, New York and in September 2006 he was invited to Iceland to take part in 'Kids in the Marsh' - a festival of children's poetry and song. At the request of Prince Charles he spoke at the Prince's Summer School for Teachers in 2007 at Cambridge University. He is one of ten children's poets invited by then Poet Laureate Andrew Motion to feature on the National Poetry Archive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFavourite book: 'Turtle Diary' by Russell Hoban.\u003cbr\u003eFavourite Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest \u003cbr\u003eFavourite Music: Bob Dylan\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wayland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625475674386,"sku":"9780750296830","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e865bcca-27a9-4e63-819c-698668d67bff.jpg?v=1732630070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-frog-olympics-9780750296830","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}