These Are My Rocks: A Story About Collecting

About this book

The narrator of this book is delighted to take the reader on a tour of their brilliant collections. 

There are tiny things; pointy things (pencil, arrow, swordfish); huge things; bananas; fan mail; stinky things (skunk, cheese, poo); wobbly things; and broken things – among others. Sometimes, she even collects invisible things, like thoughts and dreams.  

It’s a true inspiration for a wannabe collector; the collector in this book reminds readers that anything can start a collection – even something you find behind the sofa. 

This unusual, delightful book is a brilliant idea from quirky illustrator Bethan Woollvin, tapping into the frequent desire of little ones to collect things – even things that don’t seem very important to adults. 

Collecting things can be a good hobby, and Woollvin’s inspiring, inclusive book reminds little ones that they are able to start their own collection at any time. Her illustrations are reminiscent of Jon Klassen and have a similarly cosy yet slightly otherworldly vibe to The Moomins – a brilliant, original and beautiful book for the collector in us all.