STRIPES!
NO, SPOTS!
Vasanti
Unka
When Tiger and Leopard disagree, the jungle
turns to mayhem. How can peace be restored? A fabulous new picture book from
Vasanti Unka, award-winning author of The
Boring Book.
Tiger claims that stripes are best.
Leopard insists that spots are tops. Their squabble turns
into a quarrel; the quarrel becomes a
battle; and, by lunchtime, the jungle is a complete
mess. Monkey calls a meeting of the
Jungle Council and all the animals put their heads
together to come up with a plan. Their
cunningly stylish way of resolving matters will bring
out the best in everyone . . . well,
almost everyone.
Stripes! No, Spots! is a gorgeously colourful, fabulously fashion-conscious and
shrewdly
funny new picture book from the
award-winning author of The Boring Book, which is sure to
delight and entertain children ages 3
–10 as well as grown-ups with great taste.
About
the author
Vasanti Unka is an acclaimed designer and
illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand. She is the illustrator of The
Bean's Story by Tatiana Aslund, which was a 2008 Storylines notable book, and
Hill & Hole by Kyle Mewburn. Hill & Hole was shortlisted for the 2011
New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, won the LIANZA
Russell Clark award the same year and also won the Gerard Reid Award for Best
Book at the PANZ Book Design Awards. Vasanti's most recent title, The Boring
Book (Puffin 2013), which she both wrote and illustrated, won the Picture Book
category as well as the supreme award, the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, at
the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2014 and was
listed in the 2014 White Raven Catalogue of best children's books published
around the world.
Puffin - Hardback- RRP $25.00
Vasanti is also currently on tour in India, going to book festivals and doing workshops with children. She put so much work into getting prepared before she went, making masks and shopping with me for NZ books to take along for the schools she is visiting. It's worth having a look at the trip photos on her Facebook page, everything is so vibrant and she will be having a great impact on the children I'm sure.
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