No Matter What Padded Board Book (Send a Story)

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At first, he can't work out what the machine is for-it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button. It is a beautiful book and every child needs to hear that they are still loved even when they're being a monster! This is a stunning book, the magic is all in the words as Big reassures Small that she will always love him no matter what.

She is the author/illustrator of many books for children including Mr Bear, the winner of a Children's Book Award. Minor differences, for example, are in the books of Julia Donaldson (American snail asked "ride all over the world", British - "lift"). I refer to Small as he and Large as his mother, but no gender is given to either of them, so would work for either Mum or Dad reading to their son or daughter. So whilst his enthusiastic reception marked this book out as a real perennial favourite, it also marked it out as a book to enjoy at home. She then received a travelling scholarship award to go to Milan, and worked as a freelance from 1984 onwards.

Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . The characters are “Large” and “Small,” so this book could be about grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, two moms, two dads, etc. I would definitely use this book in a KS1 classroom linking strongly with PSHE looking into families and acceptance.

No matter what" comes the answer again--and Gliori's warmly comic depictions of Large's abiding affections drive home the unconditionality of parental love. The comparison of love after death, to a star that still shines bright even though it died long ago is a lovely example and way to explain everlasting love to younger children. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Virgin Islands (U. A good book for reading to a class particularly for use in PSHE or RE and would work well from reception.

Scots children's author and illustrator Debi Gliori - best known for her series of adorable picture-books featuring Mr. PreS-Feeling grumpy, Small, a little fox, has a tantrum that turns the living room topsy-turvy, after which he questions Large about the resiliency and endurance of his parental love-"If I were a grumpy grizzly bear,/would you still love me? And of course all children get for pampering and leprosy, and older children more often than younger. Small has a temper tantrum which overturns furniture and knocks paintings out of alignment, and when Large asks what's wrong, Small expresses worry that Large doesn't love Small at all. As bedtime nears, a cute little fox named Small who's feeling "grim and grumpy" (and whose parent, Large, is pictured chatting on the phone) acts out by upturning the living room.Gliori’s (The Snow Lambs, Pure Dead Magic) rhyming text is sweet and reassuring; the parent fox always has a loving, reassuring answer to give the child.