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Once Upon a Time in the Woods
  • Published: 7 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241710449
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $29.99

Once Upon a Time in the Woods

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7 July 2026
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16 Apr 2026
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16 Apr 2026
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A fairytale from picture-book legend, Anthony Browne.

\"Once upon a time in the days when wolves roamed the land, there lived three boys, who one day wandered deep into the woods and came across a little cottage they’d never seen before...\"

They think that maybe a witch lives in the cottage - at first they are curious, but soon they start to tease the inhabitant, with surprising consequences...

Exploring bullying, peer pressure and making assumptions, this new tale weaves an empathetic moral among stunning artwork and storytelling.
  • Published: 7 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241710449
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Anthony Browne

Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard, My Dad, Voices in the Park (winner of Kurt Maschler Award) and Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books. Anthony was also the first British winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, one of the highest international honours for illustration. His work has been widely exhibited and his books are published all over the world.
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Praise for Once Upon a Time in the Woods

This time, his subject is peer pressure and the evils of bullying; and readers... will learn some important lessons from one of our most intriguing children's writers.

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