Yappa-yappa-hey-yay-yay!Steve and Tiny look after each other, so when Steve needs to get away for a while, Tiny goes too. The trusty old van becomes their new home as they drive across Australia, through wide red deserts, past glittering blue oceans. But Tiny has a job to do. Steve needs new friends - friends to get him out from behind his camera, friends to make him smile again. And if there's one thing Tiny is good at, it's making friends!Steve Otton's glorious photographs tell this heart-warming tale about loyalty, adventure, and a very special kind of love.

 

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 2010 by Allen & Unwin .

Jennifer Castles grew up in Adelaide, Australia. She began her working life as an actor, lived overseas for some years and now calls Melbourne home. Her first book was a collaboration with her father about the trial and death of Ned Kelly and since then she has had three picture books published. She now works as a submissions editor and ghostwriter, and continues to write stories of her own. Steve Otton lives on the Clarence River in northern NSW and divides his time between photography and making furniture from recycled timber. But his dogs like it best when he's walking with them on the beach. Jen Castles is a writer, editor and actor who lives in Brunswick in Melbourne. She doesn't have a dog right now, but her little kids are always 'borrowing' other people's dogs, so she's going to have to get one soon. She'd love to find a dog just like Tiny.