Author

Julian Clary
Julian Clary is a comedian, entertainer and novelist, who has toured across the world with his one-man shows. He became a household name in the late 1980s, and remains one of the countrys most popular (and least predictable) entertainers. Julian has appeared on numerous popular TV shows including Celebrity Big Brother (which he won), Strictly Come Dancing, This Morning, QI, Have I Got News For You and is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4s Just a Minute. He has starred in West End productions of Taboo and Cabaret, and appears in panto most years he loves wearing silly clothes and lots of make up! Julian also narrates the Little Princess childrens television series. He lives in Kent with his husband, dogs and several chickens.
Illustrator

David Roberts
David Roberts is an award-winning illustrator who has earned great acclaim for his distinctive style. He was born in Liverpool and studied fashion design at university in Manchester. After graduating, he worked as a milliner and a fashion illustrator, but always felt his true calling was in childrens books. David finally realised his dream when his first book was published in 1998, and since then he has collaborated with some of Britains finest childrens authors, including Julia Donaldson, Sally Gardner, Philip Ardagh and Jacqueline Wilson. He is also the creator of the popular Dirty Bertie books. He lives in London with his husband. His book Little Red was shortlisted for the 2005 Kate Greenaway Medal. In 2006 he won the Nestlé Childrens Book Prize Gold Award for his line drawings in Mouse Noses on Toast.
The Bolds to the Rescue
(Hardback) - 2016
9781783444496
Synopsis
More wildly funny animal madness from dream team Julian Clary and David Roberts!The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more animals keep turning up to stay! Roger the sheep flocks to their house, and Fifi the poodle turns up to learn some new tricks, whilst Sheila the crocodile decides to stay for a while.
But when the Bolds take in a couple of race horses who are on the run, they worry their animal magnetism is getting to be too much. Have these hyenas bitten off more than they can chew?
- Hardback
- Published: 2016
- ISBN: 9781783444496
- Other Editions: Fixed Layout - All Paperback
- Age Range: 7+ years