Shola and the Lions - Softcover

Atxaga, Bernardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782690646 ISBN 13: 9781782690641

Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books, 2016

Synopsis

It is clear to Shola that she is not, in fact, a dog. People may have been trying to tell her otherwise for dog years, but a trip to her owner's library finally has her convinced: she is, in fact, descended from the Kings of the Savannah. But how will she take to her new-found lineage? Will she finally get the respect she deserves from her fellow citizens? Most importantly, now that she has been identified as a powerful predator, does this mean no chips again... ever?

About this title

About the Author

Bernardo Atxaga (Joseba Irazu Garmendia, b. 1951) is an award-winning Basque writer, whose work spans adult and children's prose, poetry, radio, cinema and theatre, as well as short stories. He first achieved national and international fame with Obabakoak (1988), which won the National Literature Prize 1989 and has been translated into more than twenty languages. His novels have won critical acclaim in Spain and abroad; most recently, Margaret Jull Costa's translation of Seven Houses in France was shortlisted for the 2012 Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize. 
Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the prize-winning writer and illustrator Mikel Valverde Fine Arts, where he started creating comics, and illustrations for his own stories. He and Bernardo Atxaga have published several books together since then, in addition to the Shola stories.

Review

Praise for The Adventures of Shola:

'Fabulous... the illustrations are superb and humorous... the storyline is very engaging and will make you laugh your socks off and spread a grin on your face' - Guardian Children's Books

'The most clever and ridiculous dog you've ever heard of ... fantastic' - reader's review, Guardian Children's Books

'Translated from the Basque by Margaret Jull Costa and lavishly illustrated by Mikel Valverde, these gently ironic stories about another small dog whose aspirations regularly outrun her abilities are totally charming' - Independent

'First Spot, then Snowy and now Shola - children's literature has an illustrious history of plucky S-name canines... Mikel Valverde's illustrations are, like the best of cartoon strips, wittily and expressively detailed' - Fiona McKim, Junior

'Charming, funny and heart-warming stories, beautifully packaged and affectionately and cleverly illustrated' - Lancashire Evening Post

'Shola is a charming, short creature stuffed with charisma and fierce ideas, and so is the book about her' - Bookbag

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782690646
• ISBN 13: 9781782690641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48