A heartwarming picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Caroline Magerl about two unlikely loners who forge a forever friendship.Nop is a scruffy kind of bear. He sits on a dusty armchair in Oddmint's Dumporeum surrounded by the beaders, knitters, patchers and stitchers who are much too busy to talk to him. So he watches the litter tumble until, armed with a new bow tie, he has an idea that will change his life forever.This story began with a memory of Caroline's school holidays in Sydney. Her father was welding a steel yacht in a boat yard and she wandered off . . . only to discover the local dump, a home for the things people throw out! Many years later, her daughter Jen made a teddy bear out of scraps for her father. It's a very sorry-looking, but endearing creature. Named Roadkill, ten years later it still sits on top of his desk.This story began with a memory of Caroline's school holidays in Sydney. Her father was welding a steel yacht in a boat yard and she wandered off . . . only to discover the local dump. A home for the things people throw out! Many years later, her daughter Jen made a teddy bear out of scraps for her father. It's a very sorry looking, but endearing creature. Named Roadkill, ten years later it still sits on top of his desk.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

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 in 2020 by Walker Books Ltd .

Caroline Magerl is a fine artist, printmaker and children's book illustrator. She is the author-illustrator of Hasel and Rose and Rose and the Wish Thing and the illustrator of Grandma's Shoes by Libby Hathorn, which won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Crichton Award for Illustration. Born in Germany, Caroline moved to Australia at the age of two, and grew up on a boat her father built in the backyard. You'll find her now in Queensland, Australia, living with her husband and teenage daughter. Find Caroline online at carolinemagerl. com, on Twitter as @c_magerl and on Instagram as @carolinemagerl.