The story starts like this. There is a dog with a blue nose, whose name is Dig. Suddenly, from under the bedclothes, peeps Ploo. And outside the window, in a bokonut tree, sits Honk Owl. It is another day on Blue Nose Island. But something has happened which has never happened before, and Ploo is worried The sun hasn't come up. The moon has become stuck at the top of Blue Nose Volcano. Someone is going to have to do something...and so begins an adventure to the Junglewood, where lives the Terrible Gnobbler. Will Ploo save the sun, or sink to his end in the bottomless lagoon? The characters in this brand-new book are truly original. Brimming with life and vitality - they lead the child into a world so minutely realised, it feels real. This is a classic in the making.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Blue Nose Island .

There are 36 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 in 2003 by Hachette Children's Group .

Mick Inkpen was born in Romford in 1952 and still lives in Essex with his wife Debbie and their two children. Mick is one of the most popular author/illustrators in the world, his stories have been translated into over twenty different languages and his books have sold over 4 million copies. Kipper, perhaps his most popular character of all, is now the star of his very own TV series while Wibbly Pig, Penguin Small and Threadbear continue to delight young readers - and their parents! He began his career as a graphic designer, declining a place to study English at Cambridge University. During this period he worked with Nick Butterworth, a fellow children's author, from whom he learned design and typography. Together they developed a cartoon strip for the Sunday Express magazine, later to become a first series of children's picture books. They also worked in children's television. In 1989 The Blue Balloon established him as a truly original voice in children's picture books, by which time Mick and his wife Debbie had two children of their own. "Without the experience of having children of my own I doubt that I would have been capable of writing effectively for children. And yet it's true that good work really springs from trying to please yourself". Mick has won numerous awards world-wide including The British Book Award for Penguin Small, The British Book Award for the best illustrated book, for Lullabyhullabaloo, The Children's Book Award for Threadbear, The Parents and Munch Bunch Play and Learn Award and The Right Start Petit Filous Best Toy Award for Where, Oh Where is Kipper's Bear? Kipper won a BAFTA for best animated children's film in 1998, and Kipper's A to Z won the silver medal in the 2001 Smarties Prize. For most of Mick Inkpen's published work he is both author and illustrator.