Jonathan the Magic Pony

Jonathan the Magic Pony is a brilliant magician. With one wave of his magic wand he can make anything disappear. Boomf! And because he's such a brilliant magician, with one more wave he can make things come back too. It's foolproof. Failsafe. Always works. 
Or does it? 
When Jonathan magics away Sarah's bear... it doesn't come back! And with each, increasingly desperate, wave of his wand, Jonathan sets off an anarchic chain of events that builds to a swirl of hilarious chaos. There are sharks chasing ducks, baboons with giant wooden spoons, chimpanzees covered in fleas... but where is Sarah's bear? Will it ever come back? 
Is Jonathan even a real magician?! Find out in this silly, playful and very, very funny picture book, perfect for fans of Supertato and Grumpycorn. 
Jonathan's tricks may be rubbish but this book is definitely magic!

Stuart Heritage (Author) Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. His weekly column about his young son 'Man With a Pram' ran in the paper's Family section between 2015-16. Earlier in his career he founded a website that was named as both Metro's Best British Blog and one of the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world. He has also written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Times, Men's Health, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Red, Marie Clare and the NME. He is also the author of picture books Jonathan the Magic Pony, and Don't Say Elephant!, and has credits on popular TV shows including Bluey. He lives in Ashford, Kent. Nicola Slater (Illustrator) Nicola Slater is a children's book illustrator and popcorn aficionado. She was born in the windy north of England and later moved to Buckinghamshire, where she went to school. Nicola lives with her family in Cheshire, England, close to the local cinema, which she visits very often.

Jonathan the Magic Pony is a brilliant magician. With one wave of his magic wand he can make anything disappear. Boomf! And because he's such a brilliant magician, with one more wave he can make things come back too. It's foolproof. Failsafe. Always works. 
 
Or does it? 
 
When Jonathan magics away Sarah's bear... it doesn't come back! And with each, increasingly desperate, wave of his wand, Jonathan sets off an anarchic chain of events that builds to a swirl of hilarious chaos. There are sharks chasing ducks, baboons with giant wooden spoons, chimpanzees covered in fleas... but where is Sarah's bear? Will it ever come back? Is Jonathan even a real magician?! 
 
Find out in this silly, playful and very, very funny picture book, perfect for fans of Supertato and Grumpycorn. 
 
Jonathan's tricks may be rubbish but this book is definitely magic!

Nicola Slater

Books by Nicola Slater

Follow penguin

Follow ladybird

Follow puffin

Sign up to the Penguin newsletter