Fearless
Kuhusu kitabu pepe hiki
When a new baby is born, it's difficult to tell if it will grow up to be big, or small, or brave, or scared of the dark and spiders. So sometimes babies get the wrong name. It's the same with dogs. So when the Claybourne-Willments, who should have been called the Smiths, got Fearless as a little puppy, it seemed a good name for him. Except Fearless wasn't.
How does Fearless finally live up to his name? By accident, of course!
AWARDS
Winner -- CBCA Junior Judges Children's Choice Award 2010 (Picture Book)
Winner -- KOALA Award 2010 (Picture Book)
Winner -- YABBA Award 2010 (Picture Book)
Winner -- COOL Award 2010 (Picture Book)
Winner -- KROC Award 2010 (Picture Book)
Shortlisted -- CBCA 2010 (Early Childhood)
PRAISE
'the illustrations are accurate depictions of doggie habits, the expressions are clearly readable and the extra inclusions are clever, entertaining and appropriately pitched to the early reader. this is a wonderful pictorial study of a family and their pet.' -- Children's Book Council judges, 2010
Kuhusu mwandishi
Colin Thompson is an internationally renowned author and illustrator who has won many awards for his words and pictures. In 2007, his book DUST was awarded Honour Book in the Children's Book Council Awards, and his 2009 picture book FEARLESS was a CBCA shortlisted title and a kids’ choice award winner.
Sarah Davis began illustrating picture books in 2008, and is now ruined for any other career. She has an honours degree in literature, and her love of language and narrative underpins her illustration work - as a self-taught artist, she is constantly experimenting with new ways to tell stories visually. She has illustrated more than 30 books with major publishers and been shortlisted for numerous awards in Australia and New Zealand. Her most well-known work includes the Fearless series (written by Colin Thompson), the Marmaduke Duck series (written by Juliette MacIver) and the Violet Mackerel series (written by Anna Branford). Sarah is an ambassador for Room to Read, and the Illustrator Coordinator for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Australia East/NZ). Zeep the Irresistible is the first picture book written and illustrated by Sarah.