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Bocchi + Pocchi series
Bocchi and Pocchi's Big Surprise
Written and illustrated by Noriko Matsubara
Publication date: 23 June 2016
Age range: 3+
Format: Paperback, full colour illustrations, 32 pp
ISBN: 978-1-909991-19-4
Pub price: £6.99
Rights available: World
When Bocchi and Pocchi find a caterpillar in the kitchen, they would so like to help. But a request for cabbage for breakfast is a horrible thought!
Bocchi and Pocchi want to take care of their friend – but it turns out instead that soon that friend will give them a wonderful surprise!
Wonderfully quirky stories about two truly close-knit friends
--Lancashire Evening Post.
Socks as you’ve never seen them before! The illustrations are a delight – bright and simple and full of fun
--Parents in Touch
Publication date: 23 June 2016
Age range: 3+
Format: Paperback, full colour illustrations, 32 pp
ISBN: 978-1-909991-19-4
Pub price: £6.99
Rights available: World
When Bocchi and Pocchi find a caterpillar in the kitchen, they would so like to help. But a request for cabbage for breakfast is a horrible thought!
Bocchi and Pocchi want to take care of their friend – but it turns out instead that soon that friend will give them a wonderful surprise!
Wonderfully quirky stories about two truly close-knit friends
--Lancashire Evening Post.
Socks as you’ve never seen them before! The illustrations are a delight – bright and simple and full of fun
--Parents in Touch
Bocchi and Pocchi and the Bird
Written and illustrated by Noriko Matsubara
Publication date: May 2014
Format: Paperback, full colour illustrations, 32 pp
Age range: 3+
Pub price: £6.99
Rights: Troika Books
Rights sold: China, Vietnam
Bocchi and Pocchi meet an injured bird- she can't get back to her nest! Helped by a spider and Grandma mouse the two socks eventually manage to help the bird to their home, along with some unexpected guests...
Socks as you have never seen them before! ... The illustrations are a delight - bright and simple and full of fun. And there's a surprise for them the next morning! I love the inclusion of instrucions for knitting a child's very own Bocchi and Pocchi socks. An unusual and engaging story.
—Parents in Touch
A wonderfully quirky story about a two truly close-knit friends!
--Lancashire Evening Post
Publication date: May 2014
Format: Paperback, full colour illustrations, 32 pp
Age range: 3+
Pub price: £6.99
Rights: Troika Books
Rights sold: China, Vietnam
Bocchi and Pocchi meet an injured bird- she can't get back to her nest! Helped by a spider and Grandma mouse the two socks eventually manage to help the bird to their home, along with some unexpected guests...
Socks as you have never seen them before! ... The illustrations are a delight - bright and simple and full of fun. And there's a surprise for them the next morning! I love the inclusion of instrucions for knitting a child's very own Bocchi and Pocchi socks. An unusual and engaging story.
—Parents in Touch
A wonderfully quirky story about a two truly close-knit friends!
--Lancashire Evening Post
Bocchi and Pocchi: A Tale of Two Socks
Written and illustrated by Noriko Matsubara
Publication date: March 2013
Format: Paperback, full colour illustrations, 32 pp
Age range: 3+
ISBN: 978-0-09573013-0-6
Pub price: £6.99
Rights: World
Rights sold: China, Korea, Vietnam
Bocchi and Pocchi are no ordinary pair of socks. They are the best of friends, but one night Pocchi disappears! Can these woolly friends ever find each other again? A charming and unusual tale, illustrated in soft pencil colours. Undoubtedly a modern classic.
Noriko Matsubara is a new illustrator born in Japan and Bocchi and Pocchi : A Tale of Two Socks is her first picture book. The inspiration for the story came from her childhood as she would watch her grandmother regularly darning socks and wondering what might happen to them.
The humble sock will never seem the same after finishing this eye-catching picture book
—Independent on Sunday
This adorable tale of the separation and reunion of two little socks is bound to prove a favourite with its cute, quirky illustrations and surprise, happy ending
—Teach Nursery
Publication date: March 2013
Format: Paperback, full colour illustrations, 32 pp
Age range: 3+
ISBN: 978-0-09573013-0-6
Pub price: £6.99
Rights: World
Rights sold: China, Korea, Vietnam
Bocchi and Pocchi are no ordinary pair of socks. They are the best of friends, but one night Pocchi disappears! Can these woolly friends ever find each other again? A charming and unusual tale, illustrated in soft pencil colours. Undoubtedly a modern classic.
Noriko Matsubara is a new illustrator born in Japan and Bocchi and Pocchi : A Tale of Two Socks is her first picture book. The inspiration for the story came from her childhood as she would watch her grandmother regularly darning socks and wondering what might happen to them.
The humble sock will never seem the same after finishing this eye-catching picture book
—Independent on Sunday
This adorable tale of the separation and reunion of two little socks is bound to prove a favourite with its cute, quirky illustrations and surprise, happy ending
—Teach Nursery
Lancashire Evening Post review by Pam Norfolk
Bocchi and Pocchi and the Bird
Woolly sock friends Bocchi and Pocchi are proving a popular pair of foot-hugging heroes as they jump into action to save a bird in distress.
The adventures of Bocchi and Pocchi are knitting together perfectly for Japanese-born author and illustrator Noriko Matsubara after the success of her first book, A Tale of Two Socks.
Matsubara, who includes a pattern to knit your own Bocchi and Pocchi socks at the end of this charmingly illustrated book, found the inspiration for her stories from her childhood when she would sit and watch her grandmother darn socks and make up stories.
Here the two socks meet an injured bird who can’t fly back to her nest. Helped by a friendly spider, together with Grandma mouse, the knit one, purl one pals put their best feet forward and eventually manage to help the bird to their home and a place in their cosy sock drawer. And when they awake in the morning they find some unexpected guests have arrived…
A wonderfully quirky story about a two truly close-knit friends!
Woolly sock friends Bocchi and Pocchi are proving a popular pair of foot-hugging heroes as they jump into action to save a bird in distress.
The adventures of Bocchi and Pocchi are knitting together perfectly for Japanese-born author and illustrator Noriko Matsubara after the success of her first book, A Tale of Two Socks.
Matsubara, who includes a pattern to knit your own Bocchi and Pocchi socks at the end of this charmingly illustrated book, found the inspiration for her stories from her childhood when she would sit and watch her grandmother darn socks and make up stories.
Here the two socks meet an injured bird who can’t fly back to her nest. Helped by a friendly spider, together with Grandma mouse, the knit one, purl one pals put their best feet forward and eventually manage to help the bird to their home and a place in their cosy sock drawer. And when they awake in the morning they find some unexpected guests have arrived…
A wonderfully quirky story about a two truly close-knit friends!
Lancashire Evening Post review by Pam Norfolk
Bocchi and Pocchi’s Big Surprise
Bocchi and Pocchi, two close-knit sock friends, have become a shoo-in success for inventive picture book author and illustrator Noriko Matsubara.
This is the third outing for the woolly playmates whose footloose adventures were inspired by Matsubara’s childhood in Japan when she would sit and watch her grandmother darn socks and make up stories.
Here we find Bocchi and Pocchi more than a little surprised to find a caterpillar on their table one morning… and enjoying a cabbage for breakfast! They try to persuade Caterpillar that sandwiches or ice cream would be far tastier but he assures them he’s happy to eat cabbage for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Very soon the three of them are firm friends so when Caterpillar disappears one morning Bocchi and Pocchi are very worried. Grandma Mouse reassures them that all will be well and sure enough Caterpillar reappears with yet another surprise for his friends… he’s a butterfly!
Matsubara’s delightful story, packed with her colourful, eye-catching illustrations, includes a charming little musical sing-along celebration of Twirly Socks at the end of the book. You can bet your boots that this lovable pair of socks will be back…
Bocchi and Pocchi, two close-knit sock friends, have become a shoo-in success for inventive picture book author and illustrator Noriko Matsubara.
This is the third outing for the woolly playmates whose footloose adventures were inspired by Matsubara’s childhood in Japan when she would sit and watch her grandmother darn socks and make up stories.
Here we find Bocchi and Pocchi more than a little surprised to find a caterpillar on their table one morning… and enjoying a cabbage for breakfast! They try to persuade Caterpillar that sandwiches or ice cream would be far tastier but he assures them he’s happy to eat cabbage for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Very soon the three of them are firm friends so when Caterpillar disappears one morning Bocchi and Pocchi are very worried. Grandma Mouse reassures them that all will be well and sure enough Caterpillar reappears with yet another surprise for his friends… he’s a butterfly!
Matsubara’s delightful story, packed with her colourful, eye-catching illustrations, includes a charming little musical sing-along celebration of Twirly Socks at the end of the book. You can bet your boots that this lovable pair of socks will be back…
