Solo

About this book

Solo goes along to her local playground but finds that it’s very busy when she gets there. She stands watching the other children play, feeling shy, until a little boy called Jesse asks her to join in. Solo enjoys the frantic games: hopscotch, skipping, football and tag. It’s great fun, but after a while, Solo needs some alone time.  

Solo worries that Jesse will think she’s being rude for going off on her own, but when he comes to find her, Solo takes great pleasure in showing Jesse all her favourite games: building dens, playing music, reading books together and building a submarine. The friends discover that they both love each other’s style of game, and that it’s just as important to have quiet time to “power up” as well as energetic play. 

Neil Clark’s delightful, colourful, screen-printed picture book reminds young readers that we can all have introverted and extroverted moments, and that when we want some soothing alone time, it’s perfectly okay.