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  • Published: 13 November 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143786603
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

No One Likes a Fart

Winner of the ABIA Picture Book of the Year




A sweet, funny story about accepting yourself and finding a friend who loves you just the way you are. Mostly, though, it’s about a fart. And fart jokes. Loooots of fart jokes.

Fart is excited! He’s desperate to make friends and have fun. But no one likes a fart. Not even a fart with a heart. Too smelly. Too embarrassing. Too gross.

Zoë has written lots of grown-up books, none of which mention a single fart. She is the mother of two little people and a cat with a permanently cranky face. She wants it known that despite writing this book, she still doesn’t like farts, even if her husband Tooty McFluffson refuses to acknowledge this.

  • Published: 13 November 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143786603
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

About the authors

Zoë Foster Blake

Zoë Foster Blake writes fiction, non-fiction and children’s picture books because she enjoys hijacking shelf space across multiple genres in bookshops.
Zoë has written four novels, Air Kisses, Playing the Field, The Younger Man and The Wrong Girl; three self-help/relationship books, Textbook Romance, Break-Up Boss and LOVE!, and Amazinger Face, a collection of her best beauty tips and tricks after spending years as a beauty director.
Zoë’s first picture book, No One Likes a Fart, was released in 2017 and was the fastest-selling Australian picture book since Bookscan records began. (People DO like farts!) It's a sales record-breaker and a bookseller favourite with over 120,000 copies sold. It won the ABIA for Picture Book of the Year in 2018, and has also been published in North America, Italy and Japan. Her other much-loved picture books include the sequel, Fart and Burp are Superstinkers, as well as Scaredy Bath and Back to Sleep.
Zoë lives in Springfield with her husband, Homer, and her three children, Maggie, Lisa and Bart.

Adam Nickel

Adam Nickel’s illustration style is very much influenced by mid-century-era design and illustration. He has a background in graphic design and animation. With a client list that includes The Wall Street Journal, Penguin Random House, GQ and New Scientist. He lives in Brisbane, Australia, and spends his spare time wishing he was in Japan and buying clothes he doesn’t need on the internet.

Praise for No One Likes a Fart

Fart's Story is also a lovely reminder that there is a friend for everybody, no matter how unlikeable you think you are. Young children just beginning to read will love this book - especially if that means grabbing any opportunity they can to say the word "fart"!

Daisy Chein, Melbourne's Child

Who would have thought a story about farts and burps could be so heartwarming?

Sunday Telegraph

Awards & recognition

Australian Book Industry Awards

Winner  •  2018  •  Children’s Picture Book of the Year

Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards

Shortlisted  •  2018  •  3–5 Years

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A sweet, funny story about accepting yourself and finding a friend who loves you just the way you are. Mostly, though, it’s about a fart. And fart jokes. Loooots of fart jokes. No One Likes A Fart by Zoe Foster Blake is out now! https://www.penguin.com.au/books/no-one-likes-a-fart-9780143786603

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