The Adventures Of Shola

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