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LadBaby announces new book – Greg the Sausage Roll: Wish You Were Here

This is your first look at Mark and Roxanne Hoyle’s (AKA LadBaby and LadBaby Mum) new picture book, Greg the Sausage Roll: Wish You Were Here.

An image of the new Greg the Sausage Roll book cover. It shows an illustration of Greg on a beach, wearing sunglasses and swimming trunks. He is holding an ice cream and is next to a green bucket and spade.

The book

Sun’s out, crumbs out – Greg the Sausage Roll is SO EXCITED to be jetting off on his first-ever holiday! He’s ready to hop on a plane to paradise for some FUN IN THE SUN! Karaoke, splashing in the pool, ice cream – Greg’s ready to try it all and have the BEST HOLIDAY EVER!

But will he miss his sausage-roll sweetheart, Gloria, and all his friends back at the bakery?

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The authors

A photo of authors and LadBaby creators Mark and Roxanne Hoyle smiling/laughing whilst holding their thumbs up. They are both dressed in sausage roll print tracksuits and are in the Abbey Road Studio

LadBaby, aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle and their two children Phoenix and Kobe, are a social media phenomenon. In just four years, through their hilarious videos on parent hacks and budget-saving tips, they have amassed a global audience of 12 million. Mark won Celebrity Dad of the Year in 2018 and Roxanne won Celebrity Mum of the Year in 2019. Their charity singles for the Trussell Trust have reached Christmas number one for five years running (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022). They are the first act in UK chart history ever to have five consecutive Christmas number ones, surpassing the Beatles and the Spice Girls.

The illustrator

Gareth Conway is an illustrator and character and background animation designer. He graduated from university with a degree in animation and has worked in children’s television animation ever since. Gareth started working on illustration projects in 2007 and joined the Bright agency in 2014; in that time he has illustrated joke books, activity books, educational reading books and young fiction, poems, puzzles and most recently picture books.

Greg the Sausage Roll: Wish You Were Here will be released on 22 June 2023.

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