A Place to Call Home

Author(s): Alexis Deacon

3-5 yrs Picture Books (Hardback)

This is an endearing adventure story about finding a place to call home. This is the story of a band of seven furry brothers. They live in a nice, safe, warm home - a very small hole. Yet as they grow up they become too big for the tiny space and are forced out into the world. And so their adventure begins - a quest for a new place to call their own! This determined little unit tackle the elements: crossing the sea, climbing a mountain, trawling across the desert and surviving a labyrinth until, finally, they reach the edge of the world...What will they see here and will they ever find a place they can call home? This title features artwork that uses an inspiring blend of both illustration and photography.


Product Information

Alexis Deacon is an acclaimed author and illustrator. Beegu and Jitterbug Jam, both of which he illustrated, were awarded the New York Times Book Review Best illustrated Book of the Year. Alexis lives in London. Viviane Schwarz is the author-illustrator of the highly acclaimed picture books The Adventures of a Nose and Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure. She lives in London.

General Fields

  • : 9781406323023
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : 01 May 2011
  • : 248mm X 288mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 April 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Alexis Deacon
  • : Hardback
  • : Viviane Schwarz
  • : 823.92
  • : 40
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations