Hello, Dear Reader. Are you sitting, lying down, standing on your head, eating a jam sandwich comfortably? Then I'll begin... I want to introduce you to a boy called Vince, whose birthday it is today... Vince is an normal boy with an unusual dislike for animals. Well, you'd feel the same if your father was always working at a zoo and your mother had run off with a lion tamer. Then, on his eighth birthday, Vince discovers he has "the gift". He can talk to animals! You think this is amazing? Perhaps you should meet the spoiled and demanding zoo animals that Vince encounters. There's a penguin who wants fish fingers, a flamingo that wants pink candyfloss and an owl that wants sugared mice. Now Vince is expected to meet their demands... on his birthday! But everyone seems to have forgotten about that... A hilarious, delightful debut for 6+ readers by actress Sophie Thompson, with black and white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown.

Written by actress Sophie Thompson and with black and white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown, Zoo Boy is a hilarious, delightful debut for 6+ readers, about a boy who discovers he can talk to animals.

About the Author
Sophie Thompson is an Olivier Award-winning actress and also the winner of Celebrity Masterchef 2014. Her films include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Emma and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She has two teenage boys and lives in North London. Rebecca Ashdown was born in Chichester and grew up right by the sea. After a Masters at Central Saint Martin's, she worked for the BBC until her lifelong passion for children's books led her to start creating them. She now works from her studio in the countryside near Stroud, where she lives with her husband and two children.


Book Information
ISBN 9780571322244
Author Sophie Thompson
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 129g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 12mm