When a tiny mouse leaves her cosy nest to look for the biggest creature in the world she doesn’t stay alone for long. Many animals accompany her, even the huge tiger from the zoo is allowed to come along after he has solemnly promised not to eat up anybody of the travelling party.
Polar Bear knows that the biggest creature in the world lives in the ocean. „How does it look like?“, wonders Little Mouse excitedly. Then they see it, a creature as big as an island, bigger than a million mice. The animals have never seen such a wonderful thing before!
This book is suitable for children between 4 and 7 years of age.
Brian Patten is well-known for his best-selling poetry collections for children, most famously Gargling with Jelly (1985) and Juggling with Gerbils (2000). His collection for children and adults, The Blue and Green Ark: An Alphabet for Planet Earth, won a Cholmondeley Award in 2002. He has also written a novel for children, Mr Moon’s Last Case (1975), which won an award from the Mystery Writers of America Guild. Brian Patten also edits poetry anthologies, most notably The Puffin Book of Modern Children’s Verse (2006). His latest book for children is The Big Snuggle-up with illustrations by Nicola Bayley (Andersen Press, 2011) His life story as one of the three Liverpool poets is told by Phil Bowen in A Gallery To Play To: The Story of The Mersey Poets (Liverpool University Press, 2008) and a critical study of his work, Brian Patten, was published by Northcote House in 1997 (Writers and Their Work series.). He has been honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of both Liverpool University and John Moores University.
Nicola Bayley is one of England’s bestloved artists. She has illustrated many acclaimed picture books for children, including KATJE, THE WINDMILL CAT, by Gretchen Woelfle, which was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
