Send for a Superhero!
Send for a Superhero!

Send for a Superhero!

Written by Michael Rosen & illustrated by Katharine McEwen
Hardcover
$16.99
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3 - 7
Reading age
40
Page count
May 27, 2014
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Comic-book action meets picture-book adventure in this exciting and funny outing from beloved author Michael Rosen and illustrator Katharine McEwen. Tune in as a father reads his children a bedtime story about the exploits of two villains, Filth and Vacuum, and their wicked plan to suck all the money out of the banks and cover everything with muck and slime. Who is strong enough to save the world? Not Steel Man, nor Flying Through the Air Very Fast Man, nor even Incredible Big Strong Green Man. It may just be a job for clever young Brad Forty, who transforms himself into . . . Extremely Boring Man! His superpower is making people fall asleep — but will it work on the children listening to this story?

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      Author
      Michael Rosen

      Michael Rosen is the best-selling and popular author of A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young, Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, Tiny Little Fly, Bananas in My Ears, and many other books and poetry collections for children. A former British Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen lives in London.

      Illustrator
      Katharine McEwen

      Katharine McEwen has illustrated more than thirty books for children, collaborating with many well-known authors, including Allan Ahlberg and Michael Rosen. She is also the author-illustrator of Bear Hug. Katharine McEwen lives in Kent, England, with her family.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780763664381
    Publication Date
    May 27, 2014
    Publisher
    Candlewick
    Original Publication Date
    November 1, 2013
    Page Count
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    3 - 7 years

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