Frances Bloom Picks a Family (Frances Bloom, #1)

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New series by award-winning author Katrina Nannestad with black-and-white illustrations. Frances finds her new family -- a large bear and a garden gnome.

After Frances Bloom posts her grumpy parents in a large box to the South Sandwich Islands, her schoolteacher, the nasty Ms Thistle, declares that she cannot live alone. Frances promptly responds with an 'untruth' - 'I live with my grandparents'. In order to keep the authorities away, Frances sets out immediately to find some grandparents. Grandma Maude, a large, honey-coloured bear, and Grandpa Harold, a garden gnome, are soon adopted into Frances's life.

Author Bio

Katrina Nannestad is a multi-award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief, The Travelling Bookshop series, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, and the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, Waiting for the Storks, Silver Linings and All the Beautiful Things. Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives. Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos. www.katrinanannestad.com