Dave's Cave

A distinctive picture book from Fran Preston-Gannon, winner of this year's Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year award. Dave loves his cave. Inside, it's decorated just the way he likes it. Outside, there's a great place to make a fire, and the grass is always nice and green. But Dave isn't happy. What if there was a better cave? When he starts looking for a new home, good caves turn out to be scarce. They're either too small, too big, or full of bats, until he finds one that looks much brighter. Outside, it's perfect for making a fire, and the grass is greener than any cave he's ever seen. But why does it look so familiar? Written with a wry humor that children will love to imitate, *Dave's Cave* is a hilariously funny book, perfect for reading aloud. It's a stylish and clever picture book with a poignant message—sometimes you have to discover for yourself that there's no place like home. Don't forget to check out the sequel, *Dave's Rock*! Fran Preston Gannon won the Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year award and the Read magazine Big Book award for I Am the Seed That Grows the Tree, which Julia Donaldson praised as "an absolutely brilliant book." Fran is the author of The Journey Back, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Prize and the Kate Greenaway Medal. She was the UK's inaugural recipient of the Sendak Scholarship, awarded by Maurice Sendak, author of the classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are. "...has all the hallmarks of a classic bedtime book... very lighthearted and very profound about the human desire to find something better... but also an ode to the joy of what is known and loved and a little wrinkled at the edges." - The Telegraph