Playful, vibrant, highly entertaining and brilliantly innovative, this is an original debut picture book about a child's missing chihuahua. Clare's voice is contemporary, accessible and very funny and the words are written in dialogue with accessible yet entertaining language. The illustrations have been created using acrylic paint on canvas so there are wonderful textures throughout. This simple story is perfect for sharing aloud and reading again and again.
Oh, where has he gone? A little girl has lost her chihuahua! And he's her bestest best friend! He's soft, cuddly, bouncy and has the most ENORMOUS ears. But none of the animals she meets resemble her lost Chihuahua, Fernando. Each of them is too big, too small, too green or too feathery. Will she ever find him? This is a new author-illustrator pairing of two young and dynamic picture-book makers, who also happen to be life-long friends! Ollie's painterly art and striking colour palatte offer something unique for the picture-book market.
Clare Wigfall is a published fiction writer for adults and her first book of short stories, The Loudest Sound and Nothing, was published by Faber and Faber in August 2007. Her short story The Numbers won the prestigious BBC National Short Story Award. Has Anyone Seen My Chihuahua ? is her first picture book. She lives in Berlin with her family.
Clare was recently Booktrust's online writer in residence - you can read her posts by clicking here.