Be My Sunflower

Name: Be My Sunflower
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SKU: 9781529502930
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A story about facing fears and finding the courage to blossom from a multiple award-winning duo

By Kathryn Simmonds

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A warm and reassuring picture book about finding your courage even when you'd rather play it safe. The children are planting sunflowers at school and Carla gets given a seed called Vernon. All the other children's seeds are excited to get out of the packet and... Read More

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Be My Sunflower

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Be My Sunflower

Description

A warm and reassuring picture book about finding your courage even when you'd rather play it safe.

The children are planting sunflowers at school and Carla gets given a seed called Vernon. All the other children's seeds are excited to get out of the packet and start growing. Not Vernon. He knows about slugs, birds, and thunderstorms. The world is scary.

Carla waters him lovingly, but Vernon is the only seed that doesn't grow into a seedling. "Safe and snug, snug and safe," mutters Vernon, until he realises how upset Carla is. Vernon understands that he needs to pluck up his courage, push himself out of the ground, and face the world. He needs to do it for Carla.

As Vernon blossoms into a sunflower, he discovers that although the world is not perfect, it can be ... wonderful.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529502930

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
Illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 260.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kathryn Simmonds

About the Author

Kathryn Simmonds is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her poetry collection Sunday at the Skin Launderette won the UK's Forward Prize for Best First Collection, was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Her short stories have been published in magazines and broadcast on BBC Radio, and her first novel is called Love and Fallout. Kathryn is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at The University of East Anglia, and Be My Sunflower is her first picture book.

Rosalind Beardshaw has illustrated many books, including My Pet Star which won the Sainsbury's Children's Picture Book Award and the Sheffield Baby Book Award. She has also illustrated Not That Pet! for Walker Books, as well as the award-winning Lulu series and the National Trust's A Walk in the Countryside series. Find her on Instagram as @rosalindbeardshaw and on Twitter as @RosBeardshaw.

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