The strong lines and understated colours capture the emotion of the story and keep the focus on Otto and his longing to find that feeling of safety again. Katie Cleminson manages to create a beautiful old world feeling with her illustrations. Where will he go? Is he the only one of his kind? Will he ever find his book again? When no-one is looking he can walk out of his book and go exploring!Īll is well until one sad day when Otto finds himself left behind! He misses his comfy book and discovers that the big world outside his house is scary and overwhelming. It is the story of Otto, a book bear, who lives ‘in a book on a shelf in a house’ and is ‘at his happiest when children read his book’.īut Otto has a special secret. This divine picture book by Katie Cleminson captures everything I love about books.
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