Spring 2025

Starred Review Nop

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 1
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

Nop is a scruffy kind of bear.

He sits on a dusty armchair in Oddmint’s Dumporeum surrounded by the beaders, knitters, patchers, and stitchers who are much too busy to talk to him. So he watches the litter tumble until, armed with a new bow tie, he decides to create his own air balloon from litter scraps and fly away!

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 1
Reading Level Grade 1
Genre Picture Books
Category SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2025
Publisher Walker Books Australia
Imprint Walker Books Australia
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-03-04
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV039140, JUV039050, JUV040000
Dewey [E]
Dimensions 8.25 x 11
Features Original artwork, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“[E]xciting, poetic text—begging to be read aloud—and dreamlike art will continue to beguile youngsters. . . . His final, surprising destination—replete with a subtle change from muted colors to brighter ones—supplies an ending both humorous and heartwarming. By turns thrilling and tender—a charmer.”—Kirkus Reviews

Starred Review Foreword Reviews

“Jewel-toned watercolor illustrations will ensnare the imagination in this cozy tale.”—starred, Foreword Reviews

School Library Journal

“With illustrations sketched in ink and filled in with soft watercolors reminiscent of Quentin Blake’s illustrations in Roald Dahl’s works, Magerl creates a touching story about choosing one’s own destiny. . . . Readers could pore over this and find something new every time.”—School Library Journal