Product description
Nois dad is a hardworking fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. Even though Noi can't keep the whale, its arrival has changed his life for the better.
Oscars First Book Prize Winner 2014
[The Storm Whale in Winter]
Its winter time and Nois island is covered in a blanket of snow. Even the sea is icing over. Noi is worried about the little whale he saved last summer: Can he survive the harsh conditions Little does Noi know that its the little whales turn to save him. A magical and touching story about a lasting friendship. A truly beautiful work packing a real emotional punch.
Kate Greenaway Medal Nomination
At the bottom of Syds garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandads house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isnt in any of the usual places. Hes in the attic, where he ushers
Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandads house at the bottom of the
garden again, he finds it just the same as its always been except that Grandad isnt there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, this story is a sensitive and beautiful reminder
that our loved ones live on in our memories long after theyre gone.
Sainsburys Best Picture Book & Childrens Book of the Year 2015
A tender and heart-warming new story from the world of The Storm Whale. Noi isnt at all sure about staying at Grandmas. She boils seaweed for soup, and theres not much to do on her tiny island where the wind cuts in and the grass grows sideways But thats before Noi gets swept up in a dramatic rescue that will mark the beginning of their touching new friendship.
Birt and Etho are best friends, they play on Sudden Hill, making marvellous contraptionsout of cardboard boxes. But then a new boy, Shu, wants to join in too. Birt isn't sure that he wants Shu to join them. Eaten up with jealousy, he goes home and refuses to come out to play. Until Etho and Shu come to his house with the most marvellous cardboard contraption so far...
A compelling story about accepting someone new.
Winner of the Andersen 0-6 Prize and the Nati Per Leggere award
A stunningly illustrated picture book full of mystery and suspense...
Measurement: 27.8cm x 24.5cm x 0.5cm