Lost

<B>Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023<BR/><BR/> A new book from award-winning illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo, <I>Lost </I>is the story of a polar bear who finds himself lost, in a big concrete city.</B><BR/><BR/> He politely asks the city folk for help but <B>everyone is much too busy and impatient to help the newcomer</B>. He finds himself travelling on the subway only to be noticed, finally by a little girl.<BR/><BR/> The girl <B>takes the homesick bear by the paw and under her innocent wing</B>. Under the nose of her seemingly unaware mum, she feeds him dinner, gives him a bath and they read stories together. <BR/><BR/> When the polar bear wistfully looks at a <B>poster of the North Pole </B>on her bedroom wall, the little girl realises that <B>her friend needs help to get home.</B><BR/><BR/><B>This is a story about the power friendship has to help you feel found, and even to transport you home.</B><BR/><BR/>