A TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK**'The year's most magnificent adventure' - Guardian****'Fizzing with anarchic energy' - Daily Mail****'An intoxicating adventure' - Observer****'Utterly engaging' - Sunday Times**Mink doesn’t believe in rules. She loves running wild and free. So, when a zebra appears in the square where she lives and she finds out that his parents have been captured by the evil Mr Spit, she knows that it’s up to her to help. So begins a grand adventure to rescue a whole menagerie of animals – an adventure that will take all of Mink’s courage and determination. Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a timeless picture book about bravery, friendship and the importance of taking action. With stunning illustrations by award-winning illustrator Sara Ogilvie, illustrator of The Detective Dog, this modern classic from bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell is an unmissable treat.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Katherine Rundell
EAN: 9781408885758
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 277 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-09-01
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GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Horses, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Squirrels, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Zoos
WIDTH: 240 cm
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Interest age: from c 5 years, Picture storybooks: bedtime stories, sleep and dreams, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ponies, horses and related animals, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rodents and rabbits, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Joyously anarchic in both word and illustration, sizzling with imagination and colour, An intoxicating adventure, Fizzing with anarchic energy, this beautifully illustrated escapade is a romp from start to finish, Rundell and Ogilvie have more than earned their stripes as a duo with this pacy zebra caper, A delightful modern-day classic with a strong-willed and determined young girl whose passion for fighting for what is right is something all readers can aspire to
Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer and The Good Thieves. She has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, amongst many others. She was a 2021 World Book Day author and has also published two picture books for children and three non-fiction books for adults, including Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize, and The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure, shortlisted for the 2022 Waterstones Book of the Year. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide.Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College. As well as writing, she studies Renaissance literature and occasionally goes climbing on the rooftops late at night.Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator and printmaker, who has illustrated many bestselling and much-loved children's books, including The Detective Dog and The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson, and Dogs Don't Do Ballet by Anna Kemp. Born and bred in Edinburgh, she now lives with her family in Newcastle upon Tyne.
