Into the Arctic
Age range 5 to 9
A story that celebrates children's imagination and the fun of cooling off at the beach, when a boy suddenly travels to the Arctic when getting an ice cream cone.
During a seemingly normal family trip to the beach, Oliver becomes bored. He decides to get an ice cream, but as he reaches in to grab his favourite flavour, he falls...into an enchanting icy wonderland. Together with his new Arctic animal friends, Oliver explores this magical depiction of the frozen North.
They say to 'write what you know', so as Matthew Long spends a lot of time accidentally falling into new worlds and riding walruses, trying to find a way home, he writes about things like that. Matthew has a degree in Film, obtained in Cornwall, England.
Marlene Gerlyng wanted to be an illustrator from an early age when she read folktales while growing up in Norway. She taught art at foundation level in Norway and ran art courses for young children. Following this, Marlene gained an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art.
