On the way over, Bear sees all kinds of animals he didn't notice last time: an elephant, a crocodile, a flamingo, a deer. And who's this long spotty snake lying on Giraffe's deckchair? The patient Giraffe finds Bear's glasses - right where glasses always get lost, perched on his head. Then Bear takes Giraffe to meet these wondrous animals that he found on the way. Leo Timmers' details are full of expression and humour - the angle of Giraffe's neck and lift of his eyebrows, hiding his skepticism as he helps his friend, the dear, artless bear.
Leo Timmers is a leading Belgian author and illustrator, whose many successful picture books have been published in 32 languages. He has a large following as one of Belgium's pre-eminent picture book artists.
Born in 1970, he is trained in Graphic Design and illustrates for Belgian magazines and papers as well as illustrating picture books. He started writing his own stories gradually.
In 2000 he received a Bookfeather award for his illustrations in Happy with me and he won the annual Children’s and Youth jury Award in both 2005 and 2006. In 2007 he won with his picture book Who's driving? which has been translated into twelve languages.
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