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  • Published: 14 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781780080673
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $26.00

The Cow Who Fell to Earth




A hilarious, heartfelt tale featuring the cutest little calf this side of the moon, from rising picture book superstar Nadia Shireen – author of The Bumblebear and Good Little Wolf

One night a star CRASH-LANDS right on top of a flock of bumbling sheep.

But the star is not a star... It's a little lost cow. And all she can say is 'WOOOOOO'. How will she find her way home when nobody can understand a word she's saying?

Both stylish and sweet, this hilarious tale is packed with Nadia Shireen's adorable animal characters - perfect for all those who loved The Bumblebear.

  • Published: 14 August 2017
  • ISBN: 9781780080673
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Nadia Shireen

Nadia Shireen enjoyed making homemade magazines and comics as a child. She studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of doodling in the sidelines, Nadia decided to pay some attention to drawing and in 2007 was accepted onto an MA course in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Her debut book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She lives in London.

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Praise for The Cow Who Fell to Earth

Haven't met a child who didn't LOVE these books. Sweet, funny, odd in a life-affirming way. Like children.

Caitlin Moran

There is something so refreshing and slightly cheeky about Nadia Shireen's sense of humour which makes every new picture book from her a real treat...At the heart of this zany intergalactic farmyard tale is a lovely story of home and belonging, and making friends with people that might, at first, look and sound very different from us. This is sure to become a bedtime favourite.

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