The Terrible Plop
Shortlist year:
2010
Shortlist category:
Children's literature
Published by:
Penguin Random House
About the book
Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop.
But what is the PLOP? And where does it hide?
About the author
Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula Dubosarsky is widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of over 40 books for children and young adults, which have won a number of national prizes.
Alongside her fiction for older children, Ursula has written picture books such as the highly popular The Terrible Plop and Too Many Elephants in This House, which have both been adapted as successful stage productions, and the non-fiction Word Spy books about the English language, which have also won major national awards.
Ursula has a PhD in English literature from Macquarie University.
About the illustrator
Andrew Joyner
Andrew Joyner is an internationally published illustrator and author.
His books include The Terrible Plop, written by Ursula Dubosarsky (shortlisted for the CBCA awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards), and the Boris series. Boris Gets a Lizard was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Awards and Ready, Set, Boris was a Notable book in the CBCA Awards.
Recent Boris books include Boris on Show and Slow Down Boris. His picture books include Too Many Elephants in this House (with Ursula Dubosarsky), How Big is Too Small (with Jane Godwin) and Blue the Builder's Dog (with Jen Storer).
He lives in Strathalbyn, South Australia.
