A Boy's Best Friend

Years ago, Clinton's mother left their home in order to make a new life for herself in London. When his mother finally sends for him, Clinton must leave his life on the island behind to join her in the city, and with it the Saturdays spent fishing with his uncle, the blue of the sea, and most of all his dog, Rufus. Among all this change, however, as Clinton adapts to his new life the pull of the natural world and companionship of a 'boy's best friend' are never far away. Country Tales by Nicola Davies with line drawings by Cathy Fisher, the collaboration behind CILIP Greenaway Medal longlisted titles Perfect and The Pond. One in a series of six illustrated short stories about young people growing up in the countryside.

Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Day War Came, King of the Sky, The Promise (winner of the 2014 English Association Picture Book award for best fiction), A First Book of Nature (winner of the Independent Booksellers Best Picture Book), Whale Boy (Blue Peter Book Awards Shortlist 2014), and the Heroes of the Wild series (Portsmouth Book Award 2014). Nicola's children's books from Graffeg include Perfect (2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist), The Pond (2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist), the Shadows and Light series, The Word Bird, Animal Surprises, and Into the Blue. Cathy Fisher is a life-long artist and illustrator whose celebrated previous include the CILIP Greenaway Medal longlisted titles Perfect and The Pond.