Summer is over and Benito the bear cub needs a new cubbyhole. His old one is just too small and winter is coming fast. Benito searches high and low, far and wide for the perfect new home. Fox holes, rabbit burrows and ant holes will just not do. Then one day, Benito discovers his perfect cubbyhole by accident. It was right under his nose.

 

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 2009 by Hardie Grant Egmont .

Janeen Brian is an award-winning author of over 80 books and has a very strong educational following and a high-standing in the children's book world: www. janeenbrian. com. au. Several of her books have won CBCA Honour Book Awards. She lived for one month in a remote village in the Himalayan Mountains, and this book is based on her observations at that time. Anne Spudvilas, illustrator of The Moon Shines out of the Dark, written by Stephanie Dowrick, is one of the best illustrators in the country, with a formidable track record in awards and sales. Her titles include the bestselling The Peasant Prince (the story of Mao's Last Dancer), and the powerful Woolvs in the Sitee and Jenny Angel (CBC Book of the Year, 2003), both by Margaret Wild. Margaret Wild has written more than seventy books and has been published around the world. Her numerous awards and distinctions include the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award for Jenny Angel, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas, The Very Best of Friends, illustrated by Julie Vivas, and Fox, illustrated by Ron Brooks. In 2008 she received the Nan Chauncy Award for an outstanding contribution to children's literature in Australia. Margaret has three titles in the Walker Classics series: Going Home and A Bit of Company, both illustrated by Wayne Harris, and Let the Celebrations Begin!, illustrated by Julie Vivas. Judith Rossell worked as a government scientist for a cotton spinning company and studied textile design in Scotland before becoming a full-time writer and illustrator of children's books. She has written 11 books and illustrated more than eighty, and her work has been translated into 14 languages. Judith teaches at RMIT and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Bogtrotter (written by Margaret Wild) is her first title with Walker Books Australia. Visit Judith's website at www. judithrossell. com and follow her on twitter @JudithRossell.