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Brill Kid - The Big Number 2

Awesomeness - The Next Level
By Gavin Oattes and Andy Cope and Will Hussey
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Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 builds on the success of Diary of a Brilliant Kid, offering engaging personal development tailored for 7 to 11-year-olds. This book focuses on mental wealth, happiness, and wellbeing, equipping young readers to flourish despite challenges. It combines facts, stories, activities, and humour to teach self-care, kindness, and confidence, encouraging children to be their best selves and handle life's ups and downs with resilience.
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This book is perfect for children aged 7 to 11 who enjoy fun, practical advice about happiness and self-improvement. It is ideal for parents and educators looking to inspire confidence and emotional wellbeing in young readers through engaging storytelling and activities.

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From the bestselling authors of Diary of a Brilliant Kid comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Brill Kid – The Big Number 2.

Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 takes Awesomeness to the next level!

This book is rock solid 'personal development' with a difference. A BIG difference! It's aimed at 7 to 11s, the exact age when mental habits are created. The book picks up where Diary of a Brilliant Kid left off – raising the bar from mental health to mental wealth, enabling young people to flourish in a world that's hell bent on knocking them sideways.

It's about happiness and wellbeing. It tells you how to shine when the world's a bit dull. It's about learning to be your best self and hanging in there when the world's doing its worst. It's got oodles of content about self-care, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and lots of silliness!

Brill Kids will learn the following:

  • Discover how life is actually all about crisps, sandwiches and milk and guess what – YOU are the magic ingredient!
  • How to upgrade your life from just ‘okay’ to ‘BRILLIANT!’
  • Find out why LEGO and LIFE are actually the same thing (but spelt different, obvs).
  • Why kindness really does matter.
  • How to train your parents – yes, YOU!
  • A personal letter to all the little (& big) worriers out there (fyi – there are lots of us).

Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 will inspire kids, make them laugh and learn, and leave them bouncing with brilliance!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780857088918

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Capstone Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Amy Bradley

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

From the multi-layered cupcake consisting of Andy Cope (Doctor of Happiness), Gavin Oattes (stand-up comedian), Will Hussey (an actual real teacher) and Amy Bradley (best illustrator evs) – this is your guide to building a life and becoming a pineapple.

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