AVAILABLE IN MARCH (see below)
NZ Writer & Illustrator
Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop The Road to Ratenburg
Gecko Press 2016 $19.99pb 194pp
eBook available
ISBN 978
1 7765 7075 1
Themes: Courage/ Fables/ Families/ First person
narratives/ Journeys
Spinnaker Rat is a devoted father and loving
husband with four little ratlets and a charming wife, Retsina. When hunger forces them
out of their home they decide to take a dangerous and long journey to the great
city of Ratenburg - a positive El Dorado of a city talked about by all rats but
actually found by few.
In a charmingly confidential manner, Spinnaker
Rat wins the reader over very quickly with his wit and his obvious care for the
welfare of his Family and Friends. His style may not be easy for all early
readers but nearly every young reader and listener will hang on the words if
they are read aloud with the sympathy and passion they deserve.
Year 2
up/ Age 6 up
The book will be released at this year’s Writers’ Week at Joy Cowley’s session at the Embassy Theatre, Wellington at 5pm on
Sunday March 13th
Image by Terry Coles |
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