Slim-Pickles and Jolly spend all day in their shed inventing knick-knacks and nobblers and thing-a-me-jigs; rabbity-flunkets and skippety wigs. But when the air grows thick with pollution they decide what the world really needs is a super-parp-buster! An entertaining and rewarding picture book for 5-8 year-olds that takes a light-hearted look at the importance of environmentally friendly transport and other issues.
Author Biography
Janeen Brian is the author of more than 60 books for children. Her work has been shortlisted in the CBCA Awards and the Wilderness Society Environment Awards. She received the CBC Honour Book award for Where Does Thursday Go? in 2002. Dee Huxley is one of the most popular children's illustrators in Australia. She is also a graphic designer and teacher. Greg Holfeld was born in Canada and moved to Adelaide in 1991 after several years of travelling and country-hopping. He has spent much of his career as an animator and cartoonist. In between directing and producing his own animated films, he works as a freelance animator with an Adelaide production house, and a book illustrator. He has illustratedover 35 titles, including The Perfect Pet, Wolf's Sunday Dinner, You Must Be Joking, Captain Congo and the Crocodile King, Captain Congo and the Maharaja's Monkey and Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold.
