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Spotty Walloo loved to cook, Big Walloo loved to build, Old Walloo loved to tell stories, and Little Walloo loved to grow plants...On a small, rocky island, live the Walloos: Big Walloo, Spotty Walloo, Old Walloo and Little Walloo. Old Walloo loves to tell stories about his adventures, and Little Walloo can't wait to have her first adventure, too! So when the family travel together to a tropical island, Little Walloo can't believe her eyes. WOW! The air is so moist and fresh, the plants so tall and green. But when some of the gang begin picking the island's leaves and plants, Little Walloo gets a funny feeling... Something is not quite right. What is that GURGLE-GURGLE-WURGLE sound? And is the island ... moving?From the author-illustrator of Little Green Donkey and That Fruit Is Mine! comes a heart-warming, funny and timely story with a gentle eco message about protecting and respecting the natural world.
About the author
Anuska Allepuz is the author illustrator of That Fruit Is Mine, The Walloos' Big Adventure and Little green Donkey, which has been published into over fifteen languages worldwide. She is also the illustrator of The Dream Train: Poems for Bedtime by Sean Taylor. She grew up in Spain where she studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and in 2016 she graduated with a distinction from the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She likes exploring texture and using mixed media such as handmade stamps and stencilled shapes and as well as her colour work she loves creating black and white images. Anuska has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded the Cultura Jeunesse Prize and the Prix des Incorruptibles (chosen by children), selected to exhibit at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and also has been shortlisted for many awards including the AOI awards and Booktrust storytime prize. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children.Anuska Allepuz is the author illustrator of That Fruit Is Mine, The Walloos' Big Adventure and Little green Donkey, which has been published into over fifteen languages worldwide. She is also the illustrator of The Dream Train: Poems for Bedtime by Sean Taylor. She grew up in Spain where she studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and in 2016 she graduated with a distinction from the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She likes exploring texture and using mixed media such as handmade stamps and stencilled shapes and as well as her colour work she loves creating black and white images. Anuska has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded the Cultura Jeunesse Prize and the Prix des Incorruptibles (chosen by children), selected to exhibit at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and also has been shortlisted for many awards including the AOI awards and Booktrust storytime prize. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children.
