Happy Hector
by Polly Dunbar
A tale of playtime for Tilly and her animal friends, this time exploring themes of playing alone and playing together, feeling alone and feeling loved.
Hector the pig is the happiest he has ever been: he has Tilly all to himself, on her lap in the big chair. Tumpty and Doodle are also sharing time together, playing with cars. Meanwhile Pru and Tiptoe are happily playing alone.
Slowly the animals make their way to Tilly’s lap - much to Hector’s dismay. Now he is the unhappiest he’s ever been, and the only person who can make it better is playing on her own.
Dunbar’s intelligent book for very young children reminds us that playing and being together are about bonding.
Even the type is perfectly nuanced to indicate mood, in this subtle, delightful book.
Publisher: Walker Books
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Polly Dunbar
Polly Dunbar studied illustration at Brighton Art School and now lives and works in London. Author and illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie, she thinks that colour is a brilliant way to cheer yourself up and whenever she's feeling grey, she puts on her best pink frock and paints! Polly is the daughter of the distinguished author Joyce Dunbar who she collaborated with on the picture book Shoe Baby. She is also the illustrator of My Dad's a Birdman, written by David Almond, and Here's a Little Poem, an anthology of poems for very young children. Polly was one of the Best New Illustrators 2008 and Booktrust's fourth writer in residence read her blog. Polly lives and works in Brighton.
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Reading Age: 6+
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