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Almost Anything

by Sophy Henn

Interest age: 2 to 5

Published by Penguin Random House, 2018

  • Picture books

About this book

Everyone in the woods is having a fun day doing this and that: Otter is painting, Hedgehog is dancing, Fox is kite-flying. George, however, isn’t doing anything. George is doing nothing. Not because he doesn’t want to join in, but because he thinks he can’t join in. His paws are too big for flying kites, he’s too wibbly wobbly for roller-skating; he just can’t. But wise old Bear has a solution for George: a magic hat that will enable him to do almost anything at all…

Sophy Henn has the perfect touch when it comes to tapping into childhood emotions and readers both young and old will completely relate to George’s wobbly feelings about trying new things. With the help of his special hat, George discovers he can do all sorts of this and that. Gradually he starts to believe in himself and, when the hat gets lost, Bear reveals that George – like everyone – had his own special magic all along and the hat was just a helping hand.

With gorgeous illustrations and lovely clear text, this is a brilliant book for sharing, and for giving little ones a little extra self-belief.

About the author

Sophy Henn is the acclaimed picture book maker behind Where Bear?, Pass It On, Edie, and the adorable Pom Pom series. She studied at Camberwell and Central Saint Martins, and is a graduate of the MA in Sequential Illustration at the University of Brighton.

Her debut title, Where Bear?, was shortlisted for the AOI Illustration Awards 2014 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015. Her subsequent titles have gone on to great success, and Sophy was chosen as the World Book Day illustrator in 2015. 

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