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Let’s Stick Together

Name: Let’s Stick Together
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

by Smriti Halls, illustrated by Steve Small

Interest age: 4 to 5

Published by Simon and Schuster, 2023

Funny
Picture books

About this book

Squirrel and Bear are the best of friends, but sometimes they don’t see things in quite the same way. For instance, when Squirrel decides they should have a party, Bear is very into the idea until anxiety strikes and he starts to feel that perhaps it would be better for everyone if he just went to bed.

Yet, with some encouragement, Bear gets into the swing of things and forgets he was ever nervous about all the people and the noise. Squirrel, on the other hand, is full of beans until the party starts, but then feels that even though she has done all the hard work to get the party going, no-one has noticed her. In fact, she feels unexpectedly lonely, and goes to hide in a tree.

Thankfully, Bear is there to pull Squirrel out of the grumps and take her back to the party where they both have a super time. Sticking together is the key, after all!

This delightful rhyming story from Halls and Small is the latest in the I’m Sticking With You series and will be an instant favourite for anyone who has ever felt a little left out at a party.

About the author

Smriti Halls is an award-winning, critically acclaimed children's author, published in more than 30 languages worldwide. Her books include #1 bestseller I Love You Night and Day, I'm Sticking with You, Elephant in My Kitchen and The Little Island.

With a cast of characters as varied as mischievous monsters and disgruntled geese, she explores relationship and identity; the personal and the political; how it feels to be in your own skin - and in someone else's. Her books, often fast-paced and funny or lyrical and tender, are always full of heart and hope and speak to the child in all of us.

Smriti also creates bold board books to engage the very smallest readers, young fiction for newly independent readers and beautiful, highly illustrated non-fiction for older readers including the award-winning The Ways of the Wolf.

The Little Island is currently shortlisted for the 2020 Little Rebels Award and the 2020 Teach Primary Awards, while I'm Sticking With You was the Independent Bookshops Children's Book of the Month for August 2020. Her forthcoming picture book Rain Before Rainbows (illustrated by David Litchfield) has been made available ahead of publication in partnership with Save the Children as a free e-book to support their work with families most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Smriti works widely with children and adults in schools, libraries, festivals, bookshops and prisons to bring a love of reading and stories to the widest possible audience. She lives in London and is also published as Smriti Prasadam-Halls.

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