This is a picture book aiming to stimulate creative play. Granny has lost her knitting needle and intrepid explorers Jonathan and his dog Skip set out to find it. The hunt is fraught with danger: the two friends battle with tigers, wrestle with a shark and surprise an eagle in his nest. Other titles by Paul Geraghty include "The Cross-With-Us Rhinoceros" and "Over The Steamy Swamp".

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1991 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

PAUL GERAGHTY was born in South Africa, and began drawing from an early age. Since moving to England in 1986, he has been an author/illustrator of children's picture books and teenage fiction.