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The Parent Swap Shop
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Earlier books by Francesca Simon
Chicks Just Want To Have Fun
Mish Mash Hash
Moo Baa Baa Quack (EARLY READER)
Meet The Gang
Yum Yum
The Topsy-Turvies
Rampage in Prince's Garden
Jogger's Big Adventure

  Helping Hercules
  Helping Hercules
Published 2005
My very favourite book. I love the Greek Myths, and it was my childhood fantasy that I would find a magic coin and go back in time to sort out the Greek heroes.
I have always loved the idea of magic playing tricks on you and being unreliable, which I’ve also used in this book.

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"I have never known much about the Greeks, or their Gods, but this book has enlightened me. The illustrations by Tony Ross bring the text to life as well as Francesca Simon's excellent choice of words. A wonderful book."
Evening Press (York), 16 July 2003
 
 
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