The Boat
Helen Ward, illustrated by Ian Andrew

On top of a hill lives a lonely old man with his bizarre menagerie of wild beasts.

On the opposite hill is a town of wary people, and everybody is happy with the distance between them. Then one day it begins to rain, and the two worlds are brought together by the actions of a brave boy.

"Ian Andrew's subtle and sympathetic pencil drawings swirl the reader along to the radiant conclusion. Sheer magic."
Nicola Bevan, Junior Education, July 2005

"Each picture combines strong, swirling atmosphere with sharp detail, creating images unlike anything most young children have ever seen before but will surely want to come back to again and again."
Nicholas Tucker, Carousel, Issue 30, Summer 2005