"Winner of the Branford Boase award this quirky debut is a perfect mix of words and illustration and a genuinely heartwarming story"
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2013, the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 & the Costa Children's Book Awards 2012
An amazing adventure follows when a boy takes what he thinks will be a short ride in a boat with a boy. But the ride is not a short one… Soon, the boat is in the middle of an empty sea and the bear is struggling with a map and searching the horizon with a telescope. Luckily the boy has brought some food with him as together, the boy and the bear deal with impenetrable mist, a terrifying sea monster and even the remains of a disgusting sandwich in this humorous and gentle journey of survival and self-discovery.
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A boy and a bear go to sea. Will the Harriet, their trusted vessel, withstand the violent lashings of the salty waves? And will anyone ever answer their message in a bottle? Brilliantly funny and tender, this beautiful book maps the growth of a truly memorable friendship and tells the story of how, when all becomes lost, the most unexpected joys can be found.
Rich in atmosphere and gently humorous, this is a delightful small-scale but epic adventure. A book to savour.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Boy and a Bear in a Boat and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat is available in Paperback
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat was written by Dave Shelton and published by David Fickling Books an imprint of Random House Children's Publishers UK
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat has 304 pages
£7.19
