Mr Big

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Try watching Ed Vere show how to draw Mr Big on YouTube children’s faces light up when they find they can draw him too. A story about being shunned for being different but when able to showcase talents people were impressed.

It deals with different emotions such as loneliness and is a good story to explain to children that we all have our own skills and qualities, celebrating everyone as an individual. This was a great story that I enjoyed reading it and felt the feelings how Mr big encountered through the illustrations and pictures. Allows the reader to understand that regardless of what people look like, you need to get to know them to really understand them. Here's a look at some of the fantastic picture books that we've handed out around the country, for free, over previous years.It also links well to Music, as Mr Big finds solace in playing the piano when he feels sad and lonely. Mr Big does join the band and nobody wants to leave the room he is in anymore, in fact, to his pleasure, he never gets much time alone from that moment on! Use the book to spark conversation with your child: What makes them – or their best friend – unique? Children will particularly enjoy the witty and light-hearted speech bubbles that appear from the characters on several of the pages.

from speaking at festivals from Rio to Mexico to Kerala, to curating festival experiences in the UK, to live drawing onstage at The Barbican Centre alongside the Britten Sinfonia, and at The Wigmore hall with the Neil Cowley Trio.

I think it's important for everyone, especially at a young age, to learn not to judge a book by its cover and that's exactly what this book teaches. It’s not just me that thinks so – back in 2009, Booktrust gave away 750,000 copies of Mr Big to reception-aged children in the UK. Ed Vere studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. Mr Big is reduced to sharing his loneliness through his piano playing which filters through the air to the township. I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic!