Mr Big

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Although these adult booksellers are not the target market, we’ve come to love this story, imagining the night toned jazz bar and then the haunting melody played by this lovely, gentle character. We used this book last year with Year 2 Around ‘International Music Day’ - the children wrote letters to Mr Big and we made a giant collage of him! Perfect for developing your child’s empathy - good for your kid, good for you and good for the world at large! The message of the book is clear, essentially do not judge a book by its cover, and this story livens up the teaching of the age old message.

Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example. This story can be linked to cross-curricular subjects such as PSHE learning about friendships, feelings and music such as creating music with feelings and emotions such as what Mr Big did. Vere’s wide-eyed supporting cast of wide-eyed (notably smaller) characters look fantastic – and suitably anxious. But it does end very well for Mr Big when they see him for who he really is, and also how talented he is.Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Big is a huge gorilla, who everyone runs away from as they see him as 'big and scary' because of his size. His latest book, Grumpy Frog, was published in the UK in 2017 and was nominated for the Sainsbury's children's book award. This book firstly caught my eye because of its massive size and seems very appealing for children with fun, eye catching illustrations and colour. The pages are displayed with small and large font which links to the emotions of feeling lonely/Happy.

Ed worked with CLPE to co-create the Power of Pictures scheme which encourages visual literacy in primary school education and has received major funding from the Arts Council. Enjoy some of our recommended books for younger children about animals, from classics like Dick King-Smith's Sheep Pig to modern favourites like Ed Vere's Mr. Even though he is big everywhere he goes everyone runs away from him as they see someone big and scary, therefore Mr big inside felt very small and lonely from inside. It’s not just me that thinks so – back in 2009, Booktrust gave away 750,000 copies of Mr Big to reception-aged children in the UK. Mr Big was also presented as a series of concerts, ‘Mr Big plays Jazz’ – a mix of live drawing, storytelling and live jazz.