No. of pages 32
Published: 2010
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If you lived in a house in the woods and all your friends were hibernating you'd probably hate winter, just like this little boy. But one day a strange spiky figure appears and transforms the boy's world into a winter wonderland! How long will the magic spell last?
Kazuno Kohara's distinctive lino-cut illustrations and limited palette provide the perfect counterpart to her spare, witty storytelling in this stylish new picture book with great child appeal.
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 Pan Macmillan .
Kazuno Kohara grew up in Japan and came to the UK as a student. She now lives in Cambridge, where she is currently studying for an MA in printmaking. This is Kazuno's first book, and her distinctive lino-cut style is already drawing critics' attention.