Text by Olga Dergacheva, illustrated by Dasha Dimitrova
A new title in the highly popular Beast Therapy series focusing on the exploration of human feelings through animal stories. We’ve met a walrus with a vulnerable personality, a blusterous tiger, and a foul-mouthed boar, a seemingly lazy slot and now it’s time to talk about ostrishes and fears.
An anxious ostrich is afraid of everything: a buffalo is grunting and the ostrich is scared, believing that it’s a thunderstorm; a giraffe is bending down and the ostrich is thinking that it’s a vulture swooping down, about to stick its head in the sand; the ostrich sees a shadow of a tree at night and aaaah! he is panicing that it’s a lion, lurking in the dark. Every time the ostrich gets himself scared so badly that he drops to the ground, as ostriches do, squeezes his eyes shut, and lays flat, all afraid. Or he shivers somewhere behind a bush. It’s a good thing that other animals help the ostrich to deal with his fears.
KEY SELLING POINTS
A unique blend of fiction and non-fiction packed with facts about ostriches and other inhabitants of savannah.
Tips how to distinguish the difference between real and imagined danger.
A great starting point for a discussion of different temperaments and people’s differences in general.
Can be used as a tool to navigate parent-child relationship dynamics.
Rich and colourful illustrations by Dasha Dimitrova perfectly capture the spirit of the savannah.
Picture book, Series Age: 5+ Pages: 40 Size: 210*280 mm Published in 2024 by Samokat