Augustus, a Siberian tiger, was sad. He had lost his smile.
So he did a huge tigery stretch, and set off to find it.
He climbed to the tops of the tallest trees. He scaled the crests of the highest mountains. He swam to the bottom of the deepest oceans. He pranced through the deserts... And when he raced as rain drops bounced and flew, when he splashed through the puddles, he suddenly saw his own smile under his nose.
And he realized that his smile would be there, whenever he is happy.
In this remarkable picture book, talented new author and illustrator Catherine Rayner celebrates the beauty of the world and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it.
In Russian and English in parallel, this story (told in a picturebook format) will attract young bilingual readers or listeners.
The book became a winner of the Best New Illustrator Award in the UK in the Booktrust Early Years Awards in 2006.
Publisher: Mantra Lingua (UK). Extra-large format. Sturdy softcover. 28 pages.
