The Wonky Donkey (With Downloadable Song)

Author(s): Craig Smith

Picture Books

"I was walking down the road and I saw . . .


A donkey, Hee Haw


And he only had three legs.


He was a wonky donkey."


Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read-aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the books final page, readers end up with a spunky, hanky-panky, cranky, stinky, dinky, lanky, honky-tonky, winky wonky, donkey!


Download the free song at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey


Product Information

Winner of New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Children's Choice 2010 and Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2010. Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Picture Book 2010 and PANZ Book Design Awards: Children's Book 2010 and LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Russell Clark Award 2010.

Singer/songwriter Craig Smith performs at gigs around the South Island. He has lived in Australia for 4 years and Vietnam for 6 years, and says Spike Milligan and his Mum are his greatest influences. Katz Cowley is a British-born illustrator. Katz has a degree in illustration from the University of Northumbria. She spent a year and a half travelling around SE Asia and living in Australia before arriving in NZ in 2000, where she has been ever since.

General Fields

  • : 9781869439262
  • : Scholastic New Zealand Ltd
  • : Scholastic New Zealand
  • : Contains Paperback and CD-Audio (Music recording)
  • : November 2009
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Craig Smith
  • : Mixed media product
  • : Katz Cowley
  • : en
  • : colour illustrations