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How can Leopold, bookshop owner and goat, find the perfect book for a fellow goat - one the visitor will enjoy reading, not munching?
Leopold is a goat and the owner of a popular bookshop. He has a talent for matching his customers with the perfect book, until the day another goat arrives in his shop and to Leopold's horror, starts eating every book he is offered! Can Leopold find just the right one to tempt this reluctant reader? A celebration of that first special book that turns a child into a reader, this funny, charming title will appeal to book lovers present and future.
About the author
Carlie Sorosiak is the author of the middle-grade novels I, Cosmo; Leonard, My Life as a Cat; Shadow Fox and the picture books Everywhere with You, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth, and Books Aren’t For Eating, illustrated by Manu Montoya. She has a master’s in English from Oxford University and another in Creative Writing and Publishing from City University, London. Her goals include travelling to all seven continents and fostering a wide variety of animals. Carlie Sorosiak lives in Georgia, USA, with her husband, Jago, and their American dingo, Dany. Find her online at carliesorosiak.com, and on X and Instagram as @carliesorosiak.Manu Montoya is the illustrator of children’s books including Free for You and Me: What Our First Amendment Means by Christy Mihaly; The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart; and Books Aren’t for Eating by Carlie Sorosiak. Her illustrations for The Bug Hotel were selected as part of the Illustrators Exhibition of the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Manu Montoya studied graphic design and advertising in her hometown and art direction in Barcelona, Spain, where she now lives. Find her online at manumontoya.com and on Instagram as @manumontoyae.
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A celebration of finding that special book that turns a child into a reader. Charlotte Eyre The Bookseller
