Willy the Champ

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Anthony Browne

Interest age: 5+
Reading age: 6+

Published by Walker Books, 2008

Picture books

About this book

Another book about Willy the chimpanzee who doesn't conform to macho stereotypes and so comes in for a lot of hard times and bullying.

Willy likes to read and listen to music. However hard he tries he just cannot get interested in football or swimming, so when Willy meets Buster Nose he is in for a surprise. This is a delightful book examining the behaviour of bullies and showing ways of dealing with them.

About the author

Anthony Browne is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of children's books with over forty titles to his name including Gorilla and Willy the Wimp. He was born in Yorkshire and studied graphic arts at Leeds Art College, working as a medical illustrator and an illustrator of greetings cards before his first book was published in 1976. He has gone on to win numerous awards including the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Anthony was the Children's Laureate 2009-2011 and used his time in the post to raise the profile of picture books and picture book illustration, as well as the value of supporting children's creativity and imagination.