Wilma the Brave

Description

From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes an epic tale of bravery and Viking adventure. Wilma belongs to a family of fearsome Viking warriors. She has BIG plans. She wants to sail the seven seas, slay the Monster of the Deep . . . and still be home in time to read a bedtime saga. Her older brothers all laugh. 'You're just a GIRL,' they say. 'Real adventures are for boys.' But when Wilma's baby brother Harald escapes to sea on a Viking longboat, it's up to her to rescue him - and prove that adventures are for EVERYONE! Heart-warming, inspiring and wonderfully feminist, Wilma's story shows that strength and courage belong to ALL of us. 'The literary equivalent of a big hug' - The Times on NO MATTER WHAT 'An instant childhood classic' - Independent on Sunday on NO MATTER WHAT 'Simply delightful, utterly heart-warming and brimful of hope' - Library Mice on DRAGON LOVES PENGUIN

Debi Gliori is the award-winning writer and illustrator of over eighty picture books and novels for children of all ages, including the bestselling modern classic No Matter What (Bloomsbury) and the Mr Bear series (Orchard). Her picture book about depression, Night Shift (Templar), was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also author of the Little Owl series of books, illustrated by Alison Brown, for Bloomsbury. Debi lives near Edinburgh and has twice been writer-in-residence in the Shetland Isles. Her favourite colour is blue or, more precisely, four different shades of blue: cerulean blue, cobalt blue, Mediterranean turquoise blue and warm ultramarine blue. She has sold over 700,000 books in the UK alone.

Unique in its concept, as well as its play on words The Bookworm validates Debi Gliori's understanding of how the minds of little ones think and imagine * Armadillo Magazine on THE BOOKWORM * It is simply delightful, utterly heart-warming and brimful of hope * Library Mice on DRAGON LOVES PENGUIN * The ultimate book to share with ages three and upwards * Irish Examiner on ALFIE IN THE GARDEN *