When winter days are cold and grey, when frost lies on the ground, I like to slip away into a multi-coloured land! Ever fancied chasing rainbows on the back of a humpback whale? Dive into Christine Pym's exquisitely decorative debut picture book: a bright underwater world, rich with colour and full of surprises!

 

There are 24 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 2008 by Meadowside Children's Books .

Christine Pym studied illustration for Children's Publishing at the North East Wales School of Art and Design, and has been working as a professional illustration ever since. She illustrated The Tail of the North Whale, which was shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Award in 2009. Christine loves books, folk art, old things, wildlife watching and walks in the countryside, and she draws inspiration from these passions in her work.