Dozy Mare

Jeanne Willis

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Published by Andersen, part of Andersen

Illustrated by Tony Ross

Format: Paperback

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Details

EAN: 9781842705247
Published: 4 May 2006

About the book

Synopsis

A lazy horse will do nothing except stand still - except on Sundays, when she sits down. She won't 'giddy up' for the farmer, nor 'trot off' for his wife, nor play cowboys for their son, nor jump for their daughter. There are no incentives that will work. Not carrots, oats, apples; not even a sugar lump! So she gets sold to a tinker, and then to the circus - and then to a butcher. And then the dozy dobbin demonstrates that, though lazy, she isn't stupid: she runs like the wind!

Press

What the critics say

Ridiculous and entertaining pictures lie behind a liberating story.
- Guardian

Tony Ross's cartooning marries wondrously absurd images with unhibited colour combinations.'
- TES

Dozy Mare is another great collaboration by this pair, who create much visual and verbal humour from the story of a very lazy horse.
- Child Education

This is a really funny story with hilarious illustrations - the horse's face says so much!
- Primary Times

By this author

About the Author

Jeanne Willis is one of our best-loved authors of children's books, and also writes for television and video companies. She has two children. Tony Ross is one of the UK's top children's book illustrators, whose books are published all over the world.