

This delightful CBCA award-winning picture book is about a friendship between an exuberant but loveable dachshund and his more retiring, tidy housemate. WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Early Childhood, 2020 My friend Fred eats dog food for breakfast.I think dog food is disgusting. My friend Fred howls at the moon.I don’t know why. He does a lot of funny things. But even though we are different, Fred is my best friend.
Frances Watts was born in Switzerland and grew up in Australia. Her bestselling picture books include Goodnight, Mice! (illustrated by Judy Watson), the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Fiction; 2006 Children’s Book Council of Australia Honour Book Kisses for Daddy (illustrated by David Legge); and 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia award-winner Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books (illustrated by David Legge). Her young adult title The Peony Lantern, set in nineteenth-century Japan, was shortlisted for a NSW Premier’s Literary Award in 2016. For more, visit www.franceswatts.com
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