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The Incredible Book Eating Boy

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The Incredible Book Eating Boy

By: Oliver Jeffers
Narrated by: Jim Broadbent
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Roll up, roll up! Meet the Incredible Book Eating Boy… See his fantastic feats leap off the page in this stunning pop-up edition.

Henry loves books… but not like you and I. He loves to EAT books! This immensely popular picture book follows the trials and tribulations of a boy with a voracious appetite for books.

Henry discovers his unusual taste by mistake one day, and is soon swept up in his new-found passion – gorging on every delicious book in sight! And better still, he realises that the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy; the smartest boy in the world! But a book-eating diet isn’t the healthiest of habits, as Henry soon finds out…

Enjoy this spectacular pop-up novelty edition – a must-have gift for all ages.

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Praise for ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’

"Mouth-wateringly irresistible" The Guardian

"This is a book that children will devour." The Observer

"The whole thing looks good enough to eat." Times Educational Supplement

"a beautifully produced edition that really is good enough to eat." The Bookseller

"with IBEB, Jeffers has produced his most appealing work yet, conjuring up a magical piece of fiction that is not only divinely illustrated and wittily told, but perfectly realised." Junior

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By Nina, aged 9

This fat boy AVOID!!!!!!

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