Mannie and the Long Brave Day

Publisher: Allen and Unwin

A collaboration between two author/illustrators who are friends, which also celebrates the friendship a small child gets from her toys, with whom she shares her adventures.

Mannie takes her doll and her toy elephant Lilliput, together with a special box of useful things, on an adventure along the road, through the trees, across the river, and up the hill before she feels frightened by the sun going behind the clouds and the thunder rumbling. Brave Lilliput saves them and brings them all safely home at bedtime.

The delightful soft focus illustrations and alliterative, repetitive phrases encouraging readers' participation capture the inconsequential importance to small people of their favourite possessions, and special toys. Dangers are faced and resolution comfortingly offered. 

A magical story that celebrates friendship, courage and the wonder of a child's imagination.

More books like this

Emily Brown and the Thing

Author: Cressida Cowell Illustrator: Neal Layton

Lying in bed, Emily can hear lots of household noises which she discovers are made by a Thing who is afraid of things.

Read more about Emily Brown and the Thing

Angry Cookie

Author: Laura Dockrill Illustrator: Maria Karipidou

Cookie is very angry, and she’d prefer it is you just went away! Laura Dockrill’s text is brilliantly quirky and friendly, and little ones will definitely identify with Angry Cookie. It’s a perfect book for talking about emotions.

Read more about Angry Cookie

Share this book with your friends

Use our Bookfinder to discover the perfect children's books for every age...