Please note: this is a non-Graffeg product and, as such, delivery times may vary. For published titles we will aim to deliver within seven days; please contact us at any time for an update on the status of your order.A rhinoceros remembers his life before grey captivity, one full of colour, with familiar smells and sights. He thinks of his mother being slain by poachers. He has searched the zoo but cannot find another like him. He fears he is the last. He describes a joyless life for all the animals with him, before being rescued and brought back home. The colour is brought back into his life when he realis-es he is not the last.Last evokes a longing for home from the reader and a sense of hope for the future upon its ending.In her debut as an illustrator, Nicola Davies effectively and beautifully portrays the differences in mood and surroundings between the rhinoceros’ life before and during captivity through her effective use of colour.

Nicola Davies is an award-winning author whose many children’s book from Graffeg includePerfect(Greenaway Longlist 2017),The Pond, The New Girl, Animal Surprises(Klaus Flugge Longlist 2017), and the Shadows & Light series. Underlying all Nicola’s writing is the belief that a relationship with nature is essential to every human being, and that now, more than ever, we need to renew that relationship. Nicola is based in Crickhowell, Wales.