{"product_id":"bear-kiri-lightfoot-1","title":"Bear - Kiri Lightfoot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-content product-attribute-description-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-content product-attribute-description-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eThe powerful, humorous yet sensitive story of Jasper, a talented young artist, who learns to face his anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e'Tender and wickedly humorous - such an important story.' KAREN FOXLEE bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLenny's Book of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJasper Robinson-Woods is not okay — his name is too long, his mum has an annoying boyfriend, he never sees his dad, and he can't sleep because of a terrifying nightmare. Oh, and to top it off, his goldfish is dying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJasper is overwhelmed with bad thoughts. Are they a sign of disaster to come? The only place he feels safe is in the tree in his front yard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then the unimaginable happens: his nightmare comes to life and everything spirals out of control. Jasper decides it's finally time to face his nightmare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a moving, often laugh-out-loud funny story showing that even when you hit rock bottom, you never know what, or who, is around the corner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of 2024 Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderfully fresh and engaging.' Tessa Duder\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"header-top\"\u003eAuthor bio:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-e0819252=\"\"\u003eKiri Lightfoot is an NZ-based author and actor. She has worked as a scriptwriter in children's television and as an actor both for theatre and screen. She continues to work part-time in television and also runs poetry reading sessions in aged-care homes and hospitals with charity 'Active Arts'. Kiri worked for many years as a telephone counsellor with Youthline and as a volunteer mentor in an alternative education school.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis her first novel for young adults and was inspired by working with young people at this time. Kiri is now a mother of three school-aged children and lives in central Auckland. Her previous books are picture books:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMing's Iceberg\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Kimberly Andrews (Scholastic 2021) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Second Friday\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books 2008), a shortlist in the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e13-16\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-e0819252=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e368 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589063958682,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/bear-9781991006936.jpg?v=1741658139","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/bear-kiri-lightfoot-1","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}