Όλιβερ και Πότερ: Το πιγκουινάκι χάθηκε

Oliver and Patch #2

by Claire Freedman, Kate Hindley (Illustrator), Πετρούλα Γαβριηλίδου (Translator)

Ο Όλιβερ, η Ρούµπι και ο Πότερ είναι οι καλύτεροι φίλοι. Κάνουν τα πάντα µαζί. Όταν, όµως, ένας µικρός πιγκουίνος δραπετεύει από τον ζωολογικό κήπο και ξεκινούν για να τον βρουν, η φιλία τους περνάει µια µεγάλη δοκιµασία.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

Published February 22, 2018

About the author

I’ve been a writer for over 15 years now, but it wasn’t planned!

I had a variety of jobs, including secretary, trainee buyer at Harrods, dental nurse, production assistant in a reprographic and printing company and various others.

I began to write after joining a creative writing class. I had no success with article writing, or short stories, or fiction, but the first children’s story I wrote, for a magazine called Twinkle, was accepted for publication. Hooray!!!

Things snowballed and a lot (yes lots and lots) of hard work later I now write full time and have over 50 books published. I still go to the same writing class and we have become a big happy family of writers!

For me, writing is the best job ever. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. I love to create worlds for young children to enjoy and escape into – whether the stories are educational, bedtime, problem solving or just plain good fun. It’s also very exciting to see the first picture roughs, as my wonderful, talented illustrators bring the text to life.

I live on the Essex coast in a lovely two-bed-roomed flat, which I share with my husband, Michael. At long last I have an office to write in, with room for all my books and bits of scribbled on papers.

The seafront is (still) just around the corner, and I find a bracing walk (it gets freezing when the East wind blows from the North Sea!) or gentle stroll when the weather is warmer, is great for clearing my head and mulling over story ideas.

- excerpted from her website

Reviews

[Ioli Angelos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Εξαιρετική εικονογραφηση που κεντρίζει το ενδιαφέρον, κατάλληλη για παρατήρηση και συζήτηση. Ωραία σύντομη ιστορία με επίκεντρο την φιλία και την καθημερινότητα δύο παιδιών. Τράβηξε ιδιαίτερα το ενδιαφέρον του 2,5 ετών.

[Pauline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Claire Freedman and Kate Hindley have created a wonderful new addition to the Oliver and Patch collection. Oliver, Patch and Ruby are great friends who head off to the zoo for a day of fun and exploration. They are having a great time but then they stumble upon a very sad and sorry little penguin that Sandy the zookeeper tells them is a newly arrived rescue penguin. Peep doesn’t yet feel like he fits in to his new environment. The next day when the friends learn Peep is missing they search all around town until they find him. Children will enjoy spotting Peep’s hiding places in various locations that Ruby and Oliver miss in their searching. When they do find Peep they discover the zoo is closed for the night and therein begins some trouble between the friends. This is a lovely tale of friendship, teamwork and cooperation. This story shows that sometimes friends argue and have disagreements but good friendships can work through these problems.

Look at the book trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXkTr...

[Sotiria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Μια χαριτωμένη ιστορία με δράση και μυστήριο και με τους αγαπημένους ήρωες των παιδιών: τα ζώα . Η εικονογράφηση είναι αδιαμφισβήτητα αυτή που το κάνει να ξεχωρίζει!
Ιδανικό για παιδιά έως τριών ετών.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gorgeous illustrations.

[Matina Politi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Μας εντυπωσίασε και μας ενθουσίασε. Πολύ καλή εικονογράφηση. Απλά λεξιλόγιο. Εύπεπτα νοήματα που γίνονται εύκολα κατανοητά.

[Suzanne Houghton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books gets 4 stars for the illustrations alone. They are just stunning

[Lara Bate · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story of two friends who were looking for a lost penguin. In the end their dog ends up finding the penguin and they bring it back to the zoo.

[Ece · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Home is where your best friend are."