Dog on Wheels Goes Snowboarding
- 32 Seiten
- 2 Lesestunden
Dog friends Dubbin and Todd have a snowy adventure when Dubbin flips off the wheels of his skateboard and turns it into a snowboard.
Gillian McClure widmet sich seit vier Jahrzehnten ihrer Arbeit als Autorin und Illustratorin. Ihre unverwechselbaren Bücher haben bedeutende Anerkennung gefunden und wurden weltweit in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt. Über ihr kreatives Schaffen hinaus hat sie sich aktiv in literarischen Gemeinschaften engagiert, in einflussreichen Gremien mitgewirkt und aufstrebende Talente betreut. McClure setzte sich auch durch ihr eigenes Verlagsprojekt für die Kunst des Bilderbuchs ein.



Dog friends Dubbin and Todd have a snowy adventure when Dubbin flips off the wheels of his skateboard and turns it into a snowboard.
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