This is volume 9 in Soggy Bear .

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 2018 by Mabecron Books Ltd .

Philip Moran is a master mariner and a master storyteller. He was a merchant seaman for 20 years followed by 12 years involvement with an oceanographic research organisation. After his retirement he became a fisherman in his native St Ives and Secretary of the local Royal National Lifeboat Institution, with whom he has been involved in more than 350 rescues. He began storytelling in local schools and has worked for more than 20 years with Michael Foreman, encouraging the love of reading and story-telling. He lives in a house on the seafront in St Ives, Cornwall. Michael Foreman has been an award-winning illustrator for more than 30 years. "One of the outstanding creators of children's picture books working today. He combines a distinctive style of flowing watercolour with a genius for conveying atmosphere and the visual richness of his work is always a feast for the eye. " Jennifer Taylor, Twentieth Century Children's Writers. "Michael's work has had a profound influence on book illustration, not least because of his ability to encapsulate themes both past and present and fix them into powerful images of unparalleled beauty. " Junior Education Michael Foreman lives in St Ives, Cornwall and London.