Acclaimed authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird are back with a brand-new picture book about conquering new experiences and enjoying the great outdoors! Maud is Kit's beloved guinea pig and they do everything together. But when Kit gets a packing list for her upcoming camping trip, she's nervous about leaving home. She's never slept in the forest before! Maud is just as worried. Who will Kit hug if she gets lonely? So Maud decides to go with her—after all, an adventure is better with friends! The great outdoors is full of surprises, including a mysterious spiky creature Maud isn't sure what to make of at first. Both she and Kit take big steps outside of their comfort zones—and discover that the wild outdoors can be just as magical as the cozy indoors.
Authors
Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, and Swing Time, as well as two collections of essays, Changing My Mind and Feel Free. Zadie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. White Teeth won multiple literary awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. On Beauty was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction, and NW was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Visit www.zadiesmith.com for more information.
