Lost | Hardcover | Children's Book on Friendship

Shortlisted for Illustrator of the Year - British Book Awards 2025
Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023
A heart-warming second title from award-winning author and illustrator Mariajo Illustrajo, Lost tells the story of a polar bear lost and alone in the big city, until he meets a young girl who takes him under her wing.
He politely asks the city folk for help but everyone is much too busy and impatient to help the newcomer. He finds himself travelling on the subway only to be noticed, finally by a little girl.
The girl takes the homesick bear by the paw and under her innocent wing. Under the nose of her seemingly unaware mum, she feeds him dinner, gives him a bath and they read stories together.
When the polar bear wistfully looks at a poster of the North Pole on her bedroom wall, the little girl realises that her friend needs help to get home.
This is a story about the power friendship has to help you feel found, and even to transport you home.
►Author: Mariajo Ilustrajo
►Reading Age: 3 to 6 Years
►Details: Hardcover | 40 pages | 29.6 x 22.5 cm
►About the Author: Mariajo Ilustrajo is a Spanish Illustrator based in the UK. She completed her MA in Children's Illustration from the prestigious Cambridge Anglia Ruskin course in April 2021. In November 2020 she was crowned the overall winner of the 2020 Association of Illustrators award, sponsored by Walker Books. Her debut picture book, Flooded, has been translated into over 15 languages.