Owen and the Onion (Early Reader)

Author(s): Maudie Smith

Children & Young Adult

Owen grows onions. He's so very good at it that the people of his village call him Owen the Onion. One day he grows an onion so unusual that it's all he can think about. He ignores his friends in the village - until one day a very angry ogre comes to visit. Can Owen save the day? A warm, funny story for beginner readers from an exciting new author and illustrator team.

General Information

  • : 9781444014235
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • : 0.114
  • : 01 April 2015
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 June 2015
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Maudie Smith
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : Becka Moor
  • : 80

More About The Product

Owen, his onions and a very angry ogre - this is the first red Early Reader story from OPAL MOONBABY author, Maudie Smith, and THE ROYAL BABYSITTERS illustrator, Becka Moor.

Maudie Smith started work as an actress, before moving to Bath with her TV screenwriter husband. She gave up touring theatre when she had children. In the last couple of years she's written a libretto for a newly commissioned opera and run a very successful school drama club, while raising two daughters, cats, chickens, guinea pigs etc. She has an MA in Writing for Young People from the prestigious Bath Spa University. Her website is www.maudiesmith.co.uk and you can follow her on Twitter @MaudieSmith Becka Moor graduated in October 2012 with a 2:1 in Illustration for Children's Publishing and has been scribbling her way into a career as a children's illustrator ever since! She has worked on projects including THE ROYAL BABYSITTERS for Bloomsbury, and she can be found at http://www.beckamoor.com/ and @beckamoor on Twitter.