| Record Number |
22107 |
| ISBN |
9781529503319 |
| 1529503310 |
| Location |
PICTURE BOOK F GRA |
| Author |
Graham, Bob, 1942-, (author, ). (illustrator). |
| Title |
Jigsaw : a puzzle in the post / Bob Graham. |
| Published |
London : Walker Books Ltd, 2022. |
| ©2022. |
| Collation |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 30 cm. |
| Content types |
still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Summary Note |
"Oh, let's do it!" say Kitty and Katy and Mum when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the post. "I have time on my hands," agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they're almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing. Mum is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the rubbish, so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local tip ("shouldn't take long"). There they uncover forgotten letters, train tickets, discarded newspapers, and old photos yellow with age, but finding the missing piece is starting to seem like wishful thinking. "Let's wish, then," says Katy. As in all of Bob Graham's work, the beauty here is in the details, with visual perspectives that offer a bird's-eye view or take us underfoot, wordless sequences letting us in on a secret. Is it sheer luck - or perhaps the power of hope - that creates an ending to the story? |
| Target Audience |
3+ years old. -- Publisher. |
| Reading Program |
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2024 K-2. |
| Awards Note |
CBCA Picture Book of the Year (AUS) (Notables - 2023) |
| CBCA Early Childhood (AUS) (Shortlist - 2023) |
| QLD Literary Award - Children's Book Award (AUS) (Shortlist - 2023) |
| Subject |
Families -- Easy picture books -- Juvenile fiction |
| Persistence -- Easy picture books -- Juvenile fiction |
| Jigsaw puzzles -- Easy picture books -- Juvenile fiction |
| Parcel post -- Picture books |
| Jigsaw puzzles -- Picture books |
| Parcel post -- Juvenile fiction |
| Jigsaw puzzles -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families Juvenile fiction. |
| Persistence -- Juvenile fiction |
| Jigsaw puzzles -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Persistence -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Parcel post -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
