The Pipsqueak
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks Personal & Social Issues: Bullying, Violence & Abuse Personal & Social Issues: Self-Awareness & Self-Esteem
Even the most hopeless of us can be a hero in this story about bullying, friendship, standing up for your friends and knowing when to offer an olive branch.
You don't need super powers to be a hero... or to make enemies into friends.
In Hero's gang, everyone has a special skill. Well, everybody but Pip. Pip isn't strong, he can't run fast or make himself invisible. He might not have any am
Creators
Ben Manley is a writer and designer. His writing is full of humour and heart with a touch of the gothic - as weird and wonderful as an atticful of vampire hamsters. He also works as a digital copywriter and web designer. Ben lives in Norwich with his wife and two children.
Andrew Gardner worked as a designer & art director for over a decade before he decided to pursue his passion for illustration and storytelling. He often finds ideas and influence from Japanese culture and art, as he once lived in Osaka, Japan. He works digitally with Photoshop and his trusty Wacom tablet, but almost everything still begins life as a pencil sketch on paper. He lives in North London with his girlfriend and her many plants.
Reviews
A superhero story with a difference, funny, satisfying and revealing.
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