David Walliams pens Comic Relief title

Bestselling author David Walliams has written an exclusive picture book for Comic Relief. The Queen’s Orang-Utan will be published byHarperCollins Children’s Books on the 26th February, ahead of Red Nose Day on the 13th March, for £4.99. All of the profits, which will amount to at least £3 from every copy sold, according to the publisher, will go to the charity. The book is illustrated by Tony Ross, who collaborated with Walliams on his previous two picture books The Slightly Annoying Elephant and The First Hippo on the Moon. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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