Fearless

Brief Description: The hilarious new picture book from award-winning author Colin Thompson. Ages 4+ 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! Ages 4+ AWARDS Winner, CBCA Junior Judges Children's Choice Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, KOALA Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, YABBA Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, COOL Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, KROC Award, Picture Book, 2010 Shortlisted, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, Early Childhood, 2010 '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 REVIEWS 'a sweet and humorous story ... Fearless teaches us about being brave when it counts and how appearances can be deceiving. Great book for ages two plus, to be read aloud. Will be enjoyable to adults and older children also' Bookseller+Publisher, four-star review 'Charming' Practical Parenting 'This delightful picture book will have kids, parents and teachers laughing out loud ... A charming story full of wit, underlining the family and its relationship with their pet, this will be a hit wherever children are to be found' ReadPlus.com.au 'Fearless is a gorgeous, whimsically funny book about names, about love and about courage' AussieReviews.comMarc Notes: Fearless was a bulldog. Bulldogs look ferocious, so when the Claybourne-Williams, 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! Age 4+.

Contributor Bio:  Thompson, Colin Colin Thompson is the award-winning author and illustrator of more than forty books, including the novel How to Live Forever and The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley, winner of the CBC of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award. Born in London, Mr. Thompson currently resides in Bellingen, Australia.