Lyra and the Adventure of the Flying Fish

Lyra and White Rabbit were together from the very first moment. As the second moment arrived, Rabbit lay there with his head next to hers. He could feel her tiny breaths passing along the plastic tube the doctors had fitted to help Lyra's not quite ready lungs puff, pant and gasp. He listened to the air as it tickled his big furry ears..... Peacefully floating on the surface of life, Lyra is very good at ignoring everything. But when her beloved Rabbit is taken away by an unschooled whooshing jumble of flying fish, Lyra finds herself caught up in an amazing watery adventure below the surface of the ocean. With the help of her new friend Timothy the turtle, she bravely vows to find White Rabbit at all costs. Journey beyond the incubator and into the imagination with this highly original and beautifully illustrated tale of a premature baby. AUTHOR: Peter Emina rarely knows what is going to happen when he writes. Instead he prefers to leave his books alone for a few days and see what they've got up to. He's currently working on another Lyra and W. Rabbit adventure. Alice Ridley didn't set out to be an illustrator. She trained as a theatre designer and has since used the skills she developed then to create imagined worlds, working in the Art Department of movies and TV dramas; as a stylist for interiors magazines; and, of course, illustrating Lyra's world. REVIEWS: "This is a lovely and engaging tale which will appeal to young readers but what makes it special and original is that the authors were inspired to write it when they saw their niece for the first time, lying in her incubator next to her toy rabbit, struggling to be alive. Knowing this helps the story make sense as her struggle to stay alive is reflected in her quest to get W. Rabbit back. The beautiful illustrations make it a very precious book and I feel that it would be a very comforting read for parents all over the world who are at this precise moment sitting by an incubator waiting... it might just give a small ray of hope." -Rebecca Chappell, The School Librarian, vol. 59 no. 3, 2011 "It's a great story of determination and survival inspired by a true life survivor. It would make a great present for someone whose premature baby has just been admitted to the NICU too as it shows how strong these tiny little babies are. It's a lovely hard back book with stunning illustrations. Brilliant on all counts!" - Katherine, blogger on Mummypinkwellies, 2012 illustrated