Hom

Informationen zum Autor Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award (Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle. Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator with a background in graphic design and app development who is thrilled to be making a living drawing dinosaurs – his 5 year old self is very happy about this. Paddy's books have won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, the White Ravens Book Award, the Judge’s Special Award at the Children’s Books Ireland Book Awards and the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Award, and his work has also been longlisted for a YOTO Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Paddy lives in Belgium with his family. Klappentext Hom is the last of his kind. I don't know what kind of creature he is, and nobody knows he exists... apart from me.When a boy washes up on a desert island after a shipwreck, he is sure he's all alone in the world. But he soon discovers there's someone else living there: Hom, a peace-loving creature who has lost his family, too. Alone on the island together, they learn from each other and become the best of friends. So when a rescue ship appears on the horizon, the boy has a big decision to make...

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne Willis, Willis Jeanne
• Assisted by: Paddy Donnelly (Illustration)
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 5
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781783449965
• ISBN: 978-1-78344-996-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Travel, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, Picture storybooks, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, Interest age: from c 4 years