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The Search for the Great Spotted Fortulia

An exciting rainforest expedition for children aged 4–7 who love nature-inspired adventures and search-and-find stories
By Chloe Savage
Series: Hidden Wonders
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The Search for the Great Spotted Fortulia, the new title in Chloe Savage’s award-winning Hidden Wonders series, is a wild and perilous new rainforest expedition, perfect for children aged 4–7 who love nature-inspired adventures and search-and-find stories. Set in a tropical rainforest, this is a dangerous... Read More
Format: Hardback
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The Search for the Great Spotted Fortulia, the new title in Chloe Savage’s award-winning Hidden Wonders series, is a wild and perilous new rainforest expedition, perfect for children aged 4–7 who love nature-inspired adventures and search-and-find stories.

Set in a tropical rainforest, this is a dangerous and exciting picture book journey with snakes, spiders, panthers, man-eating plants, piranhas, caiman alligators and bugs everywhere.

Filled with Chloe Savage’s incredible trademark detail, including a cross-section of a tree house laboratory!

Will help build an early understanding of biodiversity and the need to protect endangered ecosystems.

Can you spot the surprise at the end of the book?

Join Chloe Savage – winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024: Best Illustrated Book – on a journey deep in the heart of the rainforest where there lies a hidden wonder: a flower so rare that the locals say to look at it just once will bring you luck for the rest of your life. This flower is said to have always thrived in perfect symbiosis with a giant chameleon. Find one, and you find the other. Two brave botanists, two best friends, Dr Anissa and Dr Iris, are determined to find it.

It is a journey like no other: jaguars lay hidden in the shadows at night, caimans and piranhas lurk just below the surface of the river, gargantuan snakes slither unseen, and insects of all shapes and sizes bite their skin. Dr Anissa and Dr Iris must work hard and combine their strengths to get through the dense tangle of green, and while enormous carnivorous plants tower over them, the one plant they want is always just out of reach. Will they ever find the Great Spotted Fortulia? Or will they lose themselves instead?

Part of the Hidden Wonders series for children: award-winning, picture book adventures where science meets myth and magic, making STEM accessible to all children.

Also in this series:

  • The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish
  • The Search for Carmella
  • The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours

Series: Hidden Wonders

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  • The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish
    A moving tale of grit, endurance and self-belief to inspire young explorers and dreamers from a stunningly talented debut. WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2024; SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2024. Dr Morley is about to embark on a quest to the northernmost tip of the world, to discover a creature that everyone talks about but nobody...
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    From the author-illustrator of The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2024: Best Illustrated Book. WATERSTONES BEST BABY & TODDLER BOOKS OF 2024 "Captivatingly detailed. The slow, delicious tension builds in breathtaking illustrations. A huge hit." Irish Examiner "Entrancing" Belfast Telegraph A stunning tale where myth meets science and magic. Ever...
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  • The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours
    The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours
    Savage probes limitless space in this beautiful and philosophical story. Seamlessly blending scientific exploration with a great adventure full of humour, this is a brilliant picture book. - The Bookseller sends a subtle yet potent message that science and space exploration are for everyone. Clever, funny, and worth discussing. - STARRED Kirkus Review Join Chloe Savage – winner of the...
    By Chloe Savage
    Paperback
    $1899
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Search for the Great Spotted Fortulia
    Pre-order
    The Search for the Great Spotted Fortulia
    The Search for the Great Spotted Fortulia, the new title in Chloe Savage’s award-winning Hidden Wonders series, is a wild and perilous new rainforest expedition, perfect for children aged 4–7 who love nature-inspired adventures and search-and-find stories. Set in a tropical rainforest, this is a dangerous and exciting picture book journey with snakes, spiders, panthers, man-eating plants, piranhas, caiman alligators...
    By Chloe Savage
    Hardback
    $3299
    Pre-order
    Out 1 Mar 2027

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529528213

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 March 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Chloe Savage

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 207.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 40

Collections

Activity Books and Kits Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Chloe Savage Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Kids & YA Pre-orders Pre-order Books Pre-Order Children's Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: Hidden Wonders

About the Author

Chloe Savage is the author-illustrator of The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish, winner of the 2024 Waterstones Children's Book Prize: Best Illustrated Book and shortlisted for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration, and The Search for Carmella. She has an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art and has worked for a number of years in opera, film and television. While doodling on call sheets, Chloe found her way to her great love of illustration and storytelling. Chloe is also a great lover of food and the seaside. Find her online at www.chloesavage.co.uk and on Instagram as @Chloe.The.Savage.

Also by Chloe Savage

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  • The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish
    A moving tale of grit, endurance and self-belief to inspire young explorers and dreamers from a stunningly talented debut. WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2024; SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2024. Dr Morley is about to embark on a quest to the northernmost tip of the world, to discover a creature that everyone talks about but nobody...
    By Chloe Savage
    Paperback
    $1800
    Elsewhere:
    $1899
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Search for Carmella
    From the author-illustrator of The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2024: Best Illustrated Book. WATERSTONES BEST BABY & TODDLER BOOKS OF 2024 "Captivatingly detailed. The slow, delicious tension builds in breathtaking illustrations. A huge hit." Irish Examiner "Entrancing" Belfast Telegraph A stunning tale where myth meets science and magic. Ever...
    By Chloe Savage
    Paperback
    $1899
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours
    Savage probes limitless space in this beautiful and philosophical story. Seamlessly blending scientific exploration with a great adventure full of humour, this is a brilliant picture book. - The Bookseller send(s) a subtle yet potent message that science and space exploration are for everyone. Clever, funny, and worth discussing. - STARRED Kirkus Review Join Chloe Savage - winner of the...
    By Chloe Savage
    Hardback
    $2999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours
    The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours
    Savage probes limitless space in this beautiful and philosophical story. Seamlessly blending scientific exploration with a great adventure full of humour, this is a brilliant picture book. - The Bookseller sends a subtle yet potent message that science and space exploration are for everyone. Clever, funny, and worth discussing. - STARRED Kirkus Review Join Chloe Savage – winner of the...
    By Chloe Savage
    Paperback
    $1899
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

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