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The Adventures of Billy and Other Stories

The Adventures of Billy and Other Stories

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Puffin presents The Adventures of Billy and Other Stories.

Introducing a brand-new audio bundle from much-loved author Nadia Shireen! Featuring the brilliantly funny stories Billy and the Beast, Billy and the Dragon, Billy and the Pirates, Bumblebear and The Cow Who Fell to Earth.

Join Billy on her missions to defeat the Terrible Beast, to save Fatcat from a fire-breathing dragon and to escape Captain Howl and his gang of pirates!

Also listen along to the heart-warming tales of Norman the honey-loving bear whose bee disguise is very convincing and the little lost cow who crash lands to earth in this zany, intergalactic farmyard tale.

Featuring an array of fun and immersive sound effects!

©2022 Nadia Shireen (P)2022 Penguin Audio

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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