A Boy and a Bear in a Boat

Author(s): Dave Shelton

Junior Fiction

A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book, and a ukulele. The bear assures the boy that they are traveling a short distance and it really shouldn't take very long. But then they encounter "unforeseeable anomalies": turbulent stormy seas a terrifying sea monster and the rank remains of The Very Last Sandwich. The odds are pitted against the boy and the bear and their boat.


 


Will the Harriet, their trusted vessel, withstand the violent lashings of the salty waves? And will anyone ever answer their message in a bottle?


Product Information

Shortlisted for Costa Children's Book Award 2013. Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 and Carnegie Medal 2013.

Born and raised in Leicester, Dave now lives in Cambridge with Pam, Mila and a cat whose name is too stupid to reveal in public. He likes comics, cricket, crosswords and talking to cartoonists about pens. His comic strip Good Dog, Bad Dog appeared in The DFC Comic and the Guardian, and is collected in book form by David Fickling Books.

General Fields

  • : 9780440870746
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Corgi
  • : February 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Dave Shelton
  • : Paperback