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Cottonwool Colin
By Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Tony Ross
A wonderful life-affirming picture book about growing up and letting go from the inimitable award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
Colin is small, even for a mouse. His mother refuses to let him play outside with his brothers and sisters unless he is wrapped in a big fluffy ball of cotton wool. But instead of keeping him safe, the cotton wool attracts the attention of every fierce creature imaginable - little boys, ducks, even foxes! After a day of being flung, pecked and chased, Colin returns home without his cotton wool, but feeling much BIGGER, and ready to tell his mother that he can look after himself.
- Cottonwool Colin has been shortlisted for the Sheffield Children's Book Award, and the Portsmouth Book Award.
- Tony Ross's life sales are over 3 million copies.
- From the prize-winning team behind Tadpole's Promise: "A perfect book for reading aloud" Books for Keeps
About the author
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award (Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle.
About the illustrator
Tony Ross has been illustrating books for over 40 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5s Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams’ best-selling children’s books. Tony’s books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpole’s Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. He has been named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UK’s libraries' most-borrowed illustrator. He lives in Macclesfield.
ISBN:
9781839130021
Imprint:
Andersen Press
Distributor:
Walker Australia-HEDS
Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
July 1, 2020
Dimensions:
0 x 0mm, 32pp
Stock Status:
Confirmed
Australian RRP:
$16.99
New Zealand RRP:
$18.99
Stock Level:
In Stock