A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse

Frank Viva

Candlewick Press, Sep 25, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages

Are we there yet?

There's so much to see at the bottom of the world! Join a young explorer and his best friend, Mouse, on a sea journey to Antarctica, where they make new friends with penguins and a whale — and have all kinds of fun. Young readers won't stop grinning as they're swept away by the strange and magical world created by Frank Viva, the bestselling author of Along a Long Road, and they'll want to start the book again as soon as they reach the end!

About the author

Frank Viva is an illustrator and designer who lives in Toronto, Canada. He is a cover artist for The New Yorker and sits on two college advisory boards. He is passionate about cooking, eating, and his daily bike ride to the office. His first picture book, Along a Long Road, received wide critical acclaim and was chosen by the New York Times as one of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 2011. A Trip to The Bottom of the World with Mouse is based on Frank's experiences aboard a Russian research vessel during a trip to the Antarctic Peninsula.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse; TOON Books; Toon into reading
• Author: Frank Viva
• Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1935179195, 9781935179191
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc; Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Polar Regions; Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner