The Girl at the Front of the Class
$15.99
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
A stunning new picture book from Onjali Q. Rauf and Pippa Curnick.
There’s a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger’s, a face as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I’d like to be her friend. But she never wants to play with me in the playground or make sandcastles in the sandpit.
The cleverest people I know say that the new girl is sad because she had to leave her home, her family, her school, her toys…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526364661 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526364662 |
| Author: | Pippa Curnick, Onjali Q. Raúf |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Hodder Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 274mm x 250mm x 4mm |
About The Author
Pippa Curnick
Onjali Q. Rauf (Author)
Onjali Q Rauf’s first book, The Boy at the Back of the Class, was Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2019, the Blue Peter Book Prize 2019 and has recieved many other accolades.
Rauf’s second book, The Star Outside My Window, went on to win the Diversity Book Award for Children’s Fiction (UK) 2020.
Her further fiction titles include: The Night Bus Hero, The Lion Above the Door, The Letter with the Golden Stamp and The Game I Will Never Forget as well as the fairy tale collection Where Magic Grows, the non-fiction title Hope on the Horizon, and the picture book The Girl at the Front of the Class.
In 2022, Rauf was recognised for her services to Literature and Women’s Rights in the New Year Honours.
Pippa Curnick (Illustrator)
Pippa Curnick grew up in rural Essex and studied at Camberwell College of Art. She graduated from the University of Derby with a First Class degree in illustration. Pippa’s picture book Lucie Goose was shortlisted for the Evening Standard’s Oscar’s First Book Prize.
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