By Valerie Thomas (author) , Korky Paul (illustrator) Part of the Winnie and Wilbur series
"Another delightfully entertaining adventure for the ever-youthful Winnie and Wilbur."
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Winnie and Wilbur have been delighting readers for decades and they are just as lively and energetic as they’ve ever been.
In this story, poor Wilbur decides to take a post-picnic nap in a campervan and wakes up far from home and completely lost. Fortunately, Winnie can use a bit of helpful magic to track him down. It involves turning all black cats red, but only temporarily, and the two are reunited before you can say can, ‘Abracadabra!’
Whatever Winnie and Wilbur get up to, their adventures are always full of humour, surprises and that all important (for little ones) reassuring sense of love and home. Korky Paul’s illustrations are extraordinarily bright and action-packed, and readers will have particular fun poring over the picnic pages, and the gallery of bright red pussy cats! Great fun!
In Winnie and Wilbur's latest adventure, Winnie wakes up from an afternoon nap to find her beloved black cat, Wilbur, has vanished. She can't find him anywhere and her friends haven't seen him either. Can Winnie use her magic to track down her missing pet?
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This latest adventure explores themes of friendship, pets, worry, and journeys through a magical and mishap-filled adventure.
With so much to spot in every picture, readers will love looking out for all of the peculiar creatures and other magical details in this spellbinding tale.
The best-selling Winnie and Wilbur series has been delighting readers both young and old since 1987 and Winnie and Wilbur have become favourite characters in homes and schools all over the world. Why not try another Winnie and Wilbur picture book-there are over 25 to choose from!
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Valerie Thomas was born in Melbourne, Australia, and has lived there for most of her life, apart from six years spent in Europe, where she worked in England, France and Norway. She is a teacher, and has taught in primary, secondary, and special schools in Australia and England as well as lecturing in English Teaching Method in a Teachers’ College in Melbourne.
For many years she worked as an educational researcher and curriculum consultant in the area of spelling, and has written extensively on the subject. Her other main interest is travel. She has travelled to most corners of the world, and has written about her travels: the first piece of writing she had published was an account of her experience picking grapes for the champagne harvest in France.
In 1987 her phenomenally successful children’s book Winnie the Witch, illustrated by Korky Paul, was published by Oxford University Press and won the Children’s Book of the Year Award. It has since been translated into many languages around the world and become a children's classic.
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In Winnie and Wilbur's latest adventure, Winnie wakes up from an afternoon nap to find her beloved black cat, Wilbur, has vanished. She can't find him anywhere and her friends haven't seen him either.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Winnie and Wilbur: Looking for Wilbur and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Winnie and Wilbur: Looking for Wilbur features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Fantasy / Magical, Funny, Animal Stories, Picture books: character books, Picture storybooks, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Winnie and Wilbur: Looking for Wilbur was written by Valerie Thomas and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Yes it is part of Winnie and Wilbur series
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