Lottie and Walter

Name: Lottie and Walter
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143787181
Price: 27.0 NZD
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By Anna Walker

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In Lottie and Walter by Anna Walker, Lottie is a little girl who feels nervous about swimming lessons until she finds an unlikely ally in an imaginary friend, Walter the walrus. Walter gives her the confidence to face her fear of the water, portraying themes of friendship and courage in a delightful and relatable way for young readers.
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Description

From this master picture-book creator comes a warm, funny and empowering story about overcoming fear, and the unique friendship between one little girl and her own secret, flippered companion.

Lottie and Walter features a little girl named Lottie who declares, "I'm not swimming."

Lottie doesn't want to be afraid, but no matter what she does, she just can't go in the water.

Until she finds a surprising friend, who turns out to be more helpful than Lottie could ever have imagined...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143787181

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 March 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 234.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 450g

Pages: 40

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Anna Walker Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books

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Anna Walker writes and illustrates children's books and is based in Melbourne. Crafted with pencil, ink and collage, Anna's illustrations are inspired by the everyday details of life and the amusing antics of her menagerie. Anna's picture book, Mr Huff, which she wrote and illustrated, won the 2016 CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood and was shortlisted in the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Together with Jane Godwin, Anna has also created many beautiful picture books, most recently Don't Forget. Anna's picture books as author-illustrator also include the highly acclaimed Florette, the delightful Lottie and Walter, and the tender and touching Hello Jimmy!

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