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ARTHUR BANANA AND THE WORLD’S

DEADLIEST FROG

Clive Jordan

ISBN 978-1-916668-42-3

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Publication: 28 MARCH 2024
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ISBN: 9781916668423
Price: £8.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 198 x 129 mm
Extent: 136 pp
Illustrated: None
Thema: YFC Children's Fiction

Author location: Kent
Age 8 to 13

• A charming middle grade novel following Billy
Banana who fights to save his family's
sanctuary for rescued and endangered
animals from the threat of redevelopment.
• Features an eccentric group of animals
including a bad-tempered penguin, a group of
flightless parrots and a deadly – and very
smelly – Amazonian frog.
• Perfect for fans of Andy Stanton and Mark
Clive Jordan grew up in South East London. Graduating from the Lowery.
University of Leeds with a degree in Japanese and a passion for
manga, he began working for international animation production Why are extraordinary creatures disappearing from the
companies. After years licensing cartoons for other people, he Banana Sanctuary for Amazing Animals? When explorer
realised there was more fun to be had writing and now creates funny Billy Banana mysteriously vanishes while on a mission to
children’s stories. He lives in Kent with his wife, their twins and a rescue the world’s deadliest – and smelliest –
maniac of a Boston terrier. Amazonian frog, his son Arthur is left home alone. Can
Arthur save their beloved sanctuary from the clutches of
Aunt Hernia and her gang of terrifying underworld villains?

With the help of cousin Rubella, the pair of young eco-
warriors desperately try to foil Hernia’s dastardly plot to turn
the sanctuary into flats. Easier said than done when your
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