Once upon a time, there lived three mean and greedy brothers called Gruff. They fish and fish until Poverty Bay is empty, and so resolve to find somewhere else to catch their fish. But watch out, Minke Whale, the Guardian of the Ocean isn't happy and the neither are the townspeople of Poverty Bay! This brilliantly conceived text is based loosely on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Russell Clark Medal for Illustration category by the Lianza Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Best First Book category by the New Zealand Children's Book Award. It also was recognised in the Picture Book category by the New Zealand Children's Book Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2007 by Hachette Children's Group .

David Davis has written several children's picture books and has had titles named in Children's Choice Top 100 list. An active presenter at schools, conferences and libraries, David lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Learn more about him at www. davidrdavis. com. Ben Galbraith is an author and illustrator, he lives in New Zealand. Find out more at www. bengalbraith. co. nz.