Evie and the Animals Award-winning team by Matt Haig (author) and Emily Gravett (illustrator)

Wish you could hear what animals think? GRRReat idea! Or maybe not. In this lovely book by the author of The Girl Who Saved Christmas, Evie has a talent. A very special one. She can HEAR the thoughts of elephants, and dogs, and sparrows, and bunnies. The problem is, this talent is dangerous. VERY dangerous. (Well, that’s what her dad says.) So Evie tries her best to keep it a secret. But when she meets a lion at the zoo, things start to go very wrong. Now it’s up to Evie to save the animals – and Dad – from a sinister villain. Can her furry friends help her? First, she must dare to be herself…

A delight from the author of A Boy Called Christmas

Scary and funny, with an urgent environmental theme

Illustrated by Greenaway Medal winner Emily Gravett

Matt Haig wrote adult bestseller Reasons to Stay Alive

“This highly edible story of a girl who wants to save the planet, with beautiful pictures by Emily Gravett, is most timely and will go down well with fans of Greta Thunberg.” The Times

“Short paragraphs and simple language are charged with warmth and joie de vivre.” Sunday Times

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781786899767

Date published

May 2nd, 2019

Other details

256 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Emily Gravett

Emily Gravett is a graduate of Brighton University and winner of the 2004 Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Wolves, her first picture book was published in August 2005 and marked the beginning of an internationally stellar career creating extraordinary books for children including Orange Pear Apple Bear, Meerkat Mail and Matilda’s Cat. Her most recent picture book to be published by Macmillan is Little Mouse’s Big Book of Beasts, the hotly anticipated follow-up to Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears. Emily has also illustrated Cave Baby which was written by the former children’s laureate Julia Donaldson.

Wolves was received with great acclaim across the children’s book world, winning many prizes including the prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. In 2007, Emily won the Best Emerging Illustrator Award at the Booktrust Early Years Awards for Monkey and Me and the bronze award in the 6-8 category at the Nestle Children’s Book Prize for Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears. In 2008 Emily was awarded her second CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears.

Emily was born in Brighton. She left school with few qualifications and spent 8 years living on the road (in a variety of vehicles including a truck, caravan and RAF petrol bus called Toby Diesel) before settling back in Brighton and getting a place on the BA (Hons) Illustration course at Brighton University. She lives in Brighton with her daughter Oleander, partner Mik and their two dogs Otto and Edie.