Book Descriptions
for The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser and Kate Hindley
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Gertie lives on the top of a snowy mountain with the other yaks. She has many positive attributes, including the ability to “clip-clop up cliffs, no matter how slippy, on little yak hooves that were splendidly grippy.” But Gertie is the smallest of the yaks and she yearns for bigness. Although her Mummy says that bigness can be measured in ways having nothing to do with size, Gertie embarks on a self-improvement plan centering diet, exercise, and education. Despite all her efforts, Gertie remains small and despairs ever growing larger. But her small size proves to be a large asset the day a yak even tinier than she gets stuck high on a narrow mountain ledge. Only Gertie, with her grippy hooves, is able to reach the teeny yak and bring him home. With a Seussian flare, the energetic rhyming text delivers its message that everyone has merit with plenty of humor, while the illustrations in shades of black, gray, white, teal, and red depict Gertie in all her googly-eyed, grippy-hooved, tiny yak glory. (Ages 3-6)
CCBC Choices 2022. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2022. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
WINNER of Oscar's Book Prize 2021!
Perfect for fans of Rachel Bright and Julia Donaldson, The Littlest Yak is a joyous, rhyming caper that teaches little ones to celebrate their own unique talents!
On the tip of the top of a mountain all snowy, where the ice-swirling, toe-curling blizzards were blowy, in a herd full of huddling yaks, big and small, lived Gertie . . . the littlest yak of them all.
Gertie is the littlest yak in her whole herd, and she's feeling stuck in her smallness - she wants to grow UP and have bigness and tallness!
But when it turns out that there are some things that only Gertie can do, might she come to see that she's perfect, just the way she is?
A rollicking, heartwarming and reassuring story from debut author, Lu Fraser and much-loved illustrator, Kate Hindley.
Praise for Kate Hindley:
‘Hindley’s wintry art and characterful creatures shine in this heart-warming story’ The Bookseller (The Littlest Yak)
'Kate Hindley’s charming illustrations bring bouncing Bernard to groovy life' Mail on Sunday (Be More Bernard)
'Children will love the simplee, stylish illustrations and gorgeous fine detail' The i (Treacle Street: Marcel's Parcels)
Perfect for fans of Rachel Bright and Julia Donaldson, The Littlest Yak is a joyous, rhyming caper that teaches little ones to celebrate their own unique talents!
On the tip of the top of a mountain all snowy, where the ice-swirling, toe-curling blizzards were blowy, in a herd full of huddling yaks, big and small, lived Gertie . . . the littlest yak of them all.
Gertie is the littlest yak in her whole herd, and she's feeling stuck in her smallness - she wants to grow UP and have bigness and tallness!
But when it turns out that there are some things that only Gertie can do, might she come to see that she's perfect, just the way she is?
A rollicking, heartwarming and reassuring story from debut author, Lu Fraser and much-loved illustrator, Kate Hindley.
Praise for Kate Hindley:
‘Hindley’s wintry art and characterful creatures shine in this heart-warming story’ The Bookseller (The Littlest Yak)
'Kate Hindley’s charming illustrations bring bouncing Bernard to groovy life' Mail on Sunday (Be More Bernard)
'Children will love the simplee, stylish illustrations and gorgeous fine detail' The i (Treacle Street: Marcel's Parcels)
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
