''Little Brown Bushrat'' is a children's book by writer and illustrator

Georgie Ripper Georgie Ripper (born London, 1977) is a children's book illustrator, who is best known for her work on the ''Rainbow Magic'' series of fairy books. She won the Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration in 2000 with ''My Best Friend Bob'' and ' ...

, that tells the story of a little brown bushrat discovering that he has special talent. The book is the winner of The Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration in 2000. ''Little Brown Bushrat'' was initially published in 2002 in the United Kingdom by

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Children's Books () as a 32-page hardback edition, was followed by a paperback edition. It was penned for readers aged three to seven, and is 546 words long.

Plot

The

protagonist A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

is a little brown bushrat. All the animals in the bush have an exciting talent – the

kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ...

can jump the highest, the

emu The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ''Dromaius''. The emu' ...

can run the fastest and the

duck-billed platypus The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal Endemic (ecology), endemic to Eastern states of Australia, eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypu ...

is the best swimmer. But the little brown bushrat thinks he cannot do anything . . . until he is given a chance to save the day.

Recognition

The book is the winner of The Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration in 2000.

References

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