Name: The Land of Neverendings
ISBN: 9780571310845

Kate Saunders

The cat flap opened. For one second Emily thought some wild animal was coming in. But the muddy creature that climbed through the flap was smaller than a squirrel, and it had four little wheels and a tail.

The Land of Neverendings

Manon van Heumen

The cat flap opened. Emily thought a wild animal was coming into the house. But the muddy creature that climbed through had four little wheels and a tail. It spoke in a voice like rough sandpaper. 'Come on, you two - it's nice and warm in here.' What if there exists a world powered by imagination? A world of silliness, where humans and their toys live on long after they've left the Hard World . . . and what if the door between that world and this one was broken? Welcome to the Land of Neverendings. Moving, raw and funny in all the right ways, The Land of Neverendings is a rip-roaring adventure, but it also gives an honest portrayal of grief for young readers, and shows us that whilst sadness does exist in the world, it doesn't have to cancel out happiness, or silliness, even when you lose someone you love.

Stefie 

This book is so much more than just a story about living toys. It’s about relationship, it’s about dealing with grief. It’s about feeling lost, helpless but being brave enough to hope. It’s a hopeful book, and I might have shed a tear or two.

Thank you for a fun yet beautiful story, Kate!

Originally published: London: Faber & Faber Limited, Bloomsbury House, 2017.

Lauren Tabor

Katie Day

Emily watched, in a trance of astonishment, as the bear opened the picnic basket, took out a tartan rug and spread it on Holly's bed. And then the penguin spoke. Actually spoke. 'What's going on? This isn't Pointed End!' The bear said, 'It looks like a human bedroom. We must've come through the wrong door.' 'But there aren't any doors to the hard world in Deep Smockeroon! And we don't have a human bedroom any more. We're in a box in the attic.' What if there exists a world powered by imagination? A world of silliness, where humans and their toys live on long after they've left the Hard World . . . and what if the door between that world and this one was broken? Welcome to the Land of Neverendings. Moving, raw and funny in all the right ways, The Land of Neverendings is a rip-roaring adventure, but it also gives an honest portrayal of grief for young readers, and shows us that whilst sadness does exist in the world, it doesn't have to cancel out happiness, or silliness, even when you lose someone you love.

The Land of Neverendings

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