A tale-of-truest friendship bookA fill-my-heart with love bookA read-again-and-again bookAn epic tale of love, loss, reunion and adventure on the high seas told through the friendship of a girl and her beloved dog, Fidget.Written by debut picture-book author Trish Forde and illustrated by rising star Rachael Saunders, this is a book that combines humour and heart with a faultless read-aloud rhythm.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

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 in 2021 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has published six books for children, and written two plays, as well as several television drama series for children and teenagers. She has worked as a writer on both English and Irish language soap operas. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts Festival. Rachael Saunders is a freelance illustrator currently based in the UK. She is a recent graduate of Falmouth University 2014, with a first class degree in illustration. Her work centres around colour, shape and texture to create images that are vibrant and humorous.