Oren Lavie – Jill Grinberg Literary Management

Oren Lavie

Oren Lavie is a musician, director, playwright, and author of children’s books. He has released a number of critically acclaimed albums, including The Opposite Side of the Sea. The music video for “Her Morning Elegance” was nominated for a Grammy, and received over 30 million views on YouTube and his song “A Dance ‘round The Memory Tree” was featured on the soundtrack for Disney’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. His debut picture book The Bear Who Wasn’t There: And the Fabulous Forest has been published in a number of foreign languages, and his second picture book is forthcoming. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Agent

Katelyn Detweiler

The Bear Who Wasn't There: And the Fabulous Forest

One day, a few minutes after Once Upon a Time, a bear awakes to find he has lost something very important: himself! He sets out into the Fabulous Forest to find himself, using only a few clues scrawled on a piece of paper: the bear he’s looking for is a nice bear; he is a happy bear; and he’s very handsome too! These sound like pretty good qualities to Bear, and so begins his memorable journey. With the help of Fabulous Forest critters like the Convenience Cow, the Lazy Lizard, and the Penultimate Penguin, Bear finds that he himself is just what he’s been looking for all along: a nice, happy bear—and handsome too!

As whimsical as Winnie-the-Pooh and as wryly comic as Klassen’s bear who wants his hat back, The Bear Who Wasn’t There joins a select crew of unusual bears who have captured the imagination of children for generations.

Praise for The Bear Who Wasn’t There: And the Fabulous Forest

“Irresistible…playfully existential.” –O: The Oprah Magazine

“An artsy and unusual picture book for a very select crew of older readers.” –School Library Journal

Publisher

Black Sheep

Publication Date

October 4, 2016

Age Category

Picture Book

Genre

Fantasy

Rights

Verlag Antje Kunstmann GmbH