The Poppykettle Papers is an epic adventure for children and is based on the old tales of the Hairy Peruvians, a community of tiny fisherfolk, who centuries ago sprang to life from sacrificial Inca dolls on the coast of Peru. The Hairy Peruvians had lived on this coast for generations, often at the mercy of El Nino, the temperamental sea god. Over the years, many expeditions set out in flimsy reed boats to see a more hospitable land across the ocean to the west, but none returned. Robert Ingpen's books The Voyage of the Poppykettle and The Unchosen Land, have enthralled Australian readers for two decades. Now young readers around the world will be able to enjoy this fabulous saga retold in The Poppykettle Papers by Michael Lawrence with wonderful illustrations by Robert Ingpen. The Poppykettle Papers recounts the exploits of Aloof the Far-Sighted and his resourceful sister Arnica and their quest to find the Unchosen Land in the company of Andante the Whistler, Astute the Wise, and their grandfather Don Avante. This book has all the ingredients - adventure, danger, bizarre situations, tragedy, triumph, strong characters, and more than a sprinkling of humour - to make it popular with children the world over.