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Picture Book · Ages 3–7 · January 13, 2026
Hot Food Nice!
By Neal Layton · With Michael Rosen
A hot potato tests a father's wisdom at the dinner table.
32 pages
3.4 Goodreads · 67 ratings
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Neal Layton
Biography
Neal Layton is an award-winning illustrator of over forty children’s books, including Oscar and Arabella, which he also wrote, and That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell, winner of the Smarties Gold Award in the UK. Neal has worked in a chocolate factory, in a teapot factory, and on a lettuce farm. He now lives in Portsmouth on the English coast with his family. He likes living by the seaside. Learn more at neallayton.co.uk, or follow him on Twitter @LaytonNeal.
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