Boobela and the Belching Giant (Boobela and Worm) - Softcover

Joe Friedman has had a fascinating and varied life. Born in Chicago to profoundly deaf parents, he sold his first play at the age of 13. He moved to London after university where he taught Psychology and Philosophy in the field of adult education, before training as a psychoanalytic psycho- therapist. For the past decade, he has concentrated on his writing. He has scripted an autobiographical work which was performed with deaf actors, and has also written several television scripts (not yet produced), a film script, and a TV script. In his spare time, Joe writes and performs stand-up comedy. He lives in London N10 with his wife and daughter. Boobela and Worm marks his children's book debut. Sam Childs is a pseudonym.

'Wise, warm and wonderful...and charmingly illustrated' THE TIMES 'Sam Childs's innovative collages are the perfect compement to the eco-friendly message of Boobela and the Belching Giant' JEWISH CHRONICLE 'Exciting' JUNIOR EDUCATION PLUS 'This is a really original, quirky tale of friendship' JUNIOR EDUCATION 'Delightful' FOCUS 'Full of zany humour...Sam Childs's illustrations provide the perfect complement to the witty humour of the text' INIS