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Picture book of the month
A must-have for book lovers everywhere, Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar is the exciting debut from Emily MacKenzie, and our first picture book of the month of 2015.
Some rabbits dream about lettuces and carrots, others dream of flowering meadows and juicy dandelions, but Ralfy dreams only of books. In fact, he doesn’t just dream about them, he wants to read them ALL THE TIME. Soon his obsession sends him spiralling into a life of crime. Luckily, a new friend is on hand to find a law abiding solution to his voracious appetite for all things literary.
Originally from Northumberland, Emily grew up beside a beautiful pine forest near a little village called Slaley. She moved to Scotland to study Graphic Design at Edinburgh College of Art and after graduating, spent seven years working in-house as a cover designer for a publishing company.
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In 2011 she took the plunge to go freelance in order to concentrate on her love ofillustration and print making, and to pursue her dream of one day having her own children's books published. Emily lives in Edinburgh with her husband Alan, and hopes to one day live by the sea in a cottage with a vegetable patch, a yellow front door and a cat called Crayon.
A huge advocate of libraries, Emily hopes that Ralfy will help to encourage a love of them in a new generation. “With the recent cuts to libraries I want to remind children and parents about the joy of books. I hope they'll explore the huge range out there and reap the benefits of their local library, just as I did as a child”.
All our free copies have now gone, but Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar is available online and from all good booksellers.