The Perfect Present
A joyful and beautiful picture book celebrating friendship and sharing
Tom and Mot are best friends who share a birthday. Tom gives Mot a feather and Mot gives Tom a marble - and these small gifts open up worlds of brilliantly colourful imagination. From the feather comes the most wonderful bird imaginable. From a tiny marble comes a whole beautiful planet, teeming with life.
Outside it's raining, but playing with your best friend in the rain is fun! They ride a dinosaur, sail the seven seas and float through the starry Universe.
And at the end of their birthday, Tom and Mot discover what is the best present of all - the perfect present...
Petr Horacek is an internationally acclaimed illustrator. Born in Prague, he studied at the Academy of Fine Art. After graduating in 1994, he moved to England. His first two picture books were published in 2001, winning the 'Books for Children' Newcomer award. Since then he has gained a string of international distinctions. His most recent book for Otter-Barry was The Last Tiger, published in 2019, and longlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2020. He lives in Worcester, England.
Author: Petr Horacek
Format: Hardback, 40 pages, 240mm x 275mm
Published: 2022, Otter-Barry Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Picture Books
Interest Age: From 4 years
A joyful and beautiful picture book celebrating friendship and sharing
Tom and Mot are best friends who share a birthday. Tom gives Mot a feather and Mot gives Tom a marble - and these small gifts open up worlds of brilliantly colourful imagination. From the feather comes the most wonderful bird imaginable. From a tiny marble comes a whole beautiful planet, teeming with life.
Outside it's raining, but playing with your best friend in the rain is fun! They ride a dinosaur, sail the seven seas and float through the starry Universe.
And at the end of their birthday, Tom and Mot discover what is the best present of all - the perfect present...
Petr Horacek is an internationally acclaimed illustrator. Born in Prague, he studied at the Academy of Fine Art. After graduating in 1994, he moved to England. His first two picture books were published in 2001, winning the 'Books for Children' Newcomer award. Since then he has gained a string of international distinctions. His most recent book for Otter-Barry was The Last Tiger, published in 2019, and longlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2020. He lives in Worcester, England.