A new book for children published this month by the award-winning writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop has all the hallmarks of a new children’s classic.
Teddy One-Eye is the tender, moving and in parts scary story of a boy — simplyknown as ‘Boy’ — and his adored teddy bear.
We are first introduced to Teddy in1950. He comes into Boy’s life when Boy’s mother has a new baby. As happens
A new book for children published this month by the award-winning writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop has all the hallmarks of a new children’s classic.
Teddy One-Eye is the tender, moving and in parts scary story of a boy — simplyknown as ‘Boy’ — and his adored teddy bear.
We are first introduced to Teddy in1950. He comes into Boy’s life when Boy’s mother has a new baby. As happens
with favourite teddy bears, he’s dragged around, inside and out, put on bikes, placed in wheelbarrows and taken on all sorts of adventures. As Teddy tells his story, he’s also telling us Boy’s story.
We have 2 copies per week – over the next 3 weeks – to give away of Teddy One Eye.
To enter:
1) Get your son or daughter to think of a question that they would like to ask Gavin about writing or drawing. It could be about this book or any of the others he has written.
2) Submit the question in the comments below. We will send them onto Gavin. You may also like to email a picture of your teddy to rochelle@familytimes.co.nz and we can include it with the question.
3) There will be 2 winners selected randomly each week.
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