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Bram and the Very Small Visitor

by Odile Fenwick (pen name)

Type
Picture book
Ages
3–7
Style
Gouache
Length
10 pages

Bram is the biggest bear in Fernwood. Lulu is the smallest snail. When Lulu asks the way to the top of the hill, Bram offers her a ride, and discovers that a slow walk with a small friend shows you a whole world you've been missing.

A sample from the Bookhatch team showing the gouache style. Not for sale; the author is an invented pen name.

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  1. Illustration: Bram stretching and yawning hugely under a big oak tree in a sunny forest clearing

    Bram was the biggest bear in Fernwood. He did big bear things: big stretches, big yawns and big naps under the big oak tree.

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  2. Illustration: Close-up of Bram lying in the grass, cross-eyed and surprised, looking at Lulu the tiny snail sitting on the tip of his nose

    One morning, something tickled his nose. “Excuse me,” said a very small voice. “I'm Lulu. Is this the way to the top of the hill?”

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  3. Illustration: Bram sitting up, looking at a tall green hill in the distance, Lulu the snail small on a leaf in front of him

    Bram looked up at the hill. Then he looked down at the snail. “For you, that's a very long way,” he said kindly.

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  4. Illustration: Bram gently holding out his open paw on the ground while Lulu the snail slides onto it, both smiling

    “I know,” said Lulu. “I started last spring.” Bram held out his big paw. “Then climb on. I'll carry you.”

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  5. Illustration: Bram striding up a woodland path with Lulu on his paw, Lulu pointing her eye stalks at a shiny green beetle on a stone beside the path

    Bram stomped up the path in his big bear way. “Stop!” squeaked Lulu. “You nearly missed the beetle in the shiny green coat!”

    5
  6. Illustration: Bram crouching low on the path peering closely at a dewy spider web, a ladybird on a leaf and a tiny mushroom, Lulu on his paw showing him

    So Bram slowed down. Lulu showed him a spider's web strung with dew, a ladybird on a leaf, and a mushroom as small as a button.

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  7. Illustration: Bram lying on his tummy on the path at eye level with the small plants and flowers, Lulu beside his face, both chatting happily

    “I've walked this path a thousand times,” said Bram, “and I never saw any of it.” “That's because you're so tall,” said Lulu.

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  8. Illustration: Bram sitting on the hilltop with Lulu on his shoulder, a wide view of a forest valley and a winding river below in golden light

    At the top of the hill, the whole of Fernwood spread out below them, green and gold and glittering. Lulu gasped. “It's so big!”

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  9. Illustration: Bram and Lulu sitting together on the hilltop at sunset, pink and orange sky, seen from behind, Lulu on Bram's paw

    “That's funny,” said Bram. “I was just thinking how wonderful the small things are.” They sat together until the sky turned pink.

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  10. Illustration: Bram walking slowly along a flowery forest path in morning light with Lulu riding on his paw, both looking at butterflies and flowers

    Now every morning, Bram goes walking slowly, with a very small friend on his paw. He has never seen so much in all his life.

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