No one wants to be friends with Wasp, they are too scared of him, until Dragonfly comes along. Then Wasp scares off the terrible Toad and shows what true friends are for. A charming story with rich vivid illustrations about feeling left out, and making friends. Charles Fuge won the Mother Goose Award and the Macmillan Prize for his first book. He has since published successfully in UK, America, and Europe, with Macmillan and Hodder. This is his first book for OUP. The author is a pop singer.

 

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 2000 by Oxford University Press .

Charles Fuge is outstanding young artist winner of the Macmillan prize and the Mother Goose Awards. Vicki Churchill is a pop singer with the group Elizabeth Bunny. This is her first book.