Bella’s house likes to travel, setting sail across the ocean while everyone sleeps. Bella’s parents don’t mind as long as the house is home by daylight. One night, Bella has a wonderful idea for her grandfather’s birthday. She wants to find a figurine he made of her grandmother, lost overboard in an accident. Bella and the house go in search of it, but things don’t quite go according to plan …
Meg McKinlay is a childrens writer and poet whose work ranges from picture books through to young adult fiction. Her publications include the Prime Ministers Literary Award-winning A Single Stone, and CBCA-shortlisted No Bears and Duck for a Day, among many others. Meg grew up in central Victoria, and spent her childhood roaming through the bush, striking it rich at least once a week on a vein of fools gold. Raised in a TV-free household, she was a bookish kid, in love with words, excited by dictionaries and spelling bees. These days she lives near the ocean in Fremantle and spends her days writing, reading and rambling. She is always busy cooking up more books.
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a tender, whimsical story of a girls fierce love for her grandfather and the wild possibilities of imagination." -- Writing WA
"This is an excellent addition to the Bella series, and a great introduction to longer storytelling for readers just starting out on reading bigger books." -- Reading Time
"A wonderful story with the warmth of home at its heart, Bella and the Voyaging House will win legions of readers, loving the idea of a house that can walk about and have adventures with the young girl who steers it." -- Magpies
"I recommend seven year olds and up to read this book because it is funny and emotional." -- Elizabeth, age 8, Alphabet Soup