The Adventures of Shola

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Shola is a little dog with attitude. Frustratingly for her, she loves both comfort (mainly in the form of food) and adventure (in theory, at least), and spends much of her time trying to decide between the two. Whether she is faced with the possibility that she may really be a lion or the prospect of a boar-hunt, with eccentric American visitors or insufferable country bumpkins, Shola is not afraid to pursue her dreams.up to a point. Lovingly and revealingly illustrated by Mikel Valverde, these four stories in one volume are a treasure-trove of amusement which cannot fail to cheer the reader. The book contains four Shola adventures: 'Shola and The Aunt from America', 'Shola and the Lions', 'Shola and theWild Boar', 'Shola and Angelino'.

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Shola is a charming, short creature stuffed with charisma and fierce ideas, and so is the book about her Bookbag Charming, funny and heart-warming stories, beautifully packaged and affectionately and cleverly illustrated Lancashire Evening Post First Spot, then Snowy and now Shola - children's literature has an illustrious history of plucky S-name canines... Mikel Valverde's illustrations are, like the best of cartoon strips, wittily and expressively detailed -- Fiona McKim Junior The most clever and ridiculous dog you've ever heard of ... fantastic -- reader's review Guardian Children's Books Fabulous... the illustrations are superb and humorous... the storyline is very engaging and will make you laugh your socks off and spread a grin on your face Guardian Children's Books Translated from the Basque by Margaret Jull Costa and lavishly illustrated by Mikel Valverde, these gently ironic stories about another small dog whose aspirations regularly outrun her abilities are totally charming Independent, Books of the Year A short, sweet, and entertaining story... truly lovely illustrations and some wonderful wordplay-derived humour The Book Wars A charming, witty, spirited collection of stories about the exploits of an irresistibly characterful little dog -- Daniel Hahn PEN Atlas, Books of the Year Mikel Valverde's illustrations are most expressive and the English translation comes courtesy of the great Margaret Jull Costa... Shola is one of the most impressive heroines of the modern world -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times

Author Bio

Bernardo Atxaga is an award-winning Basque author of both adult and children's books. His most notable works include Two Brothers, Obabakoak, and Seven Houses in France. His books have been translated into 32 languages.

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the prize-winning writer and illustrator Mikel Valverde studied at the Fine Arts Faculty of the Basque Public University, where he started creating comics, and illustrations for his own stories. One day he met Bernardo Atxaga in the neighbourhood where they both lived, and so began both their friendship and their working relationship. They have published several books together since then, in addition to the Shola stories.