Shower Land

Shower Land

by Nat Amoor

Published by Puffin (Penguin Australia)
ISBN 9781761342530

In this junior fiction, Felix is terrified of going into the shower, in fact after his older brother begs their dad to smell him, because he is really smelly, super smelly they find out he hasn't had a shower in thirteen days!

Why you might wonder doesn't he shower, he is worried because last time he hand a shower it took him to a far off land and he doesn't want that to happen again.

But, once dad eventually smells him and sees the dirt growing under his nails he ha no choice - it's shower, now...

That is when the adventure begins.

Felix has to shower, dad said he would watch him wash every centimetre of his body, but then something weird happens when he turns on the water. Felix finds himself transported to a snowy mountain and he is knee deep in show and all he is wearing are his speedos that he had refused to take off to go into the shower.

This is a hilariously funny story, very well written and ideal for appealing to the 7 - 10 year old age group. Felix meets 8 year old Torkal and his mum who he says has arms with muscles growing on her muscles. They are out one day when they come across a yeti and Torkal calls him Fearlax - which he doesn't like at all. The wild adventure continues until dad asks Felix how he is going in the shower and he realises he has to peel off all the protective clothes he is wearing...

Once he has showered, including washing behind his ears, dad is there to welcome his clean son wrapping him in a nice fluffy towel, like a sausage roll. All ends well with dad saying that daily morning showers are non-negotiable and off they go to enjoy the the rest of the day.

This happy imaginative story is sure to be a great hit.

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The Author

Nat Amoore is a Sydney-based children's author whose debut novel, Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire, came out in 2019. It had great success as both Dymocks and QBD's 'Kids Book Of The Month', becoming Australia's #1 bestselling debut Aussie children’s fiction in 2019. It has now sold into the UK, US, Italy, China, Estonia and Romania. Her second book, The Power of Positive Pranking, released in 2020, was shortlisted for the 2021 Readings Children’s Book Prize and REAL Children’s Choice Book Awards, and won the Environment Award for Children’s Literature.

The Illustrator

James Hart grew up loving comics, cartoons and drawing. After finishing his studies, he turned that passion into a full-time career as an illustrator. Over the years he has worked on toy designs, animations and books for multiple clients and publishers across the world. Projects include: the popular animated series of The Day My Butt Went Psycho, the award-winning You Choose series, the CBCA-notable Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables series, the thrilling Mysterious World of Cosentino series, the young adventure series D-Bot Squad and MANY titles with author Adam Wallace, including the series Cowboy and Birdbrain that James illustrated and co-created. James also illustrated the 2018 Premiers' Reading Challenge posters in Victoria.

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