Cottonwool Colin

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This entry was posted in Picture Book Love and tagged favourite illustrators, fiction, Jeanne Willis, making connections, picture books, Tony Ross by carriegelson. Cottonball Colin comes to you directly from the loony team of Brits responsible for such books as Misery Moo and the infamous Tadpole's Promise. Tony’s books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards ( Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway ( Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpole’s Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. She won't let him outside because she fears that he will get hurt--after all, he's a very small mouse.

But when Colin (wrapped in cotton) gets mistaken for a snowball and tossed into a freezing river, everything suddenly seems very dangerous. So small that his Mom only agrees to allow him outside into the great big world if she can wrap him in cottonwool. It is about the smallest mouse that is wrapped up in cottonwool by his mum so that nothing happens to him, yet he goes on to have an adventure.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. This book is perfect for a graduate and/or the protective parent such as myself, and was thinking to myself while reading that I could soooo relate to what was written about the mama mouse. Looking like nothing so much as a fluffy white sphere, the little mouse promptly gets thrown and chased about, all because of his bright white, easy to spot, covering. When it comes to comparing him to his nine brothers and sisters, Colin is clearly the smallest mouse of them all.

We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. Worried that he isn't as tough as the others, Colin's mother overprotects and babies the little mouse, preventing him from ever involving himself in what she might deem a "dangerous" situation.He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5s Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams’ best-selling children’s books. Colin the smallest mouse wants to play outside with his brothers and sisters but is told to stay inside. But soon enough he realizes that the cotton is a bit more of a hindrance than anyone could have imagined.

What I love about this book is that it sets up a pretty clear message without pandering to its audience. A little message, not too subtly brought home, but it's in the nature of a fable so it doesn't bother us, and the ending is very empowering to the child reader. Like for example for me I thought I was not strong enough to work on a steam engine but when I fired it and ran it every time I got a chance to I did better and better and learned more. Definitely worth a peek if you want literary fare that's appropriate for the kiddies but not the usual rigmarole you encounter. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.This is a story about a kid who ends the book by walking off into the sunset to find his own way, dangers all around. Colin is so overprotected by his mother that this very protection is what actually causes him the most harm by the end of the story. Jeanne has won several awards including the Nestle Smarties prize for Tadpole’s Promise, the Portsmouth Children’s Book Prize for Dumb Creatures and Grandad and John and the Book Trust Early Years award for Bog Baby.

But with packaging this nice, and writing this good, Cottonball Colin is the exception that proves the rule. A sweet story that helps children see why parents can be so protective, and that we may need to prove to our parents over time that we can be independent. In fact, if she had just treated him like the rest of his siblings he would have had his life threatened significantly less often. But instead of keeping him safe, the cotton wool attracts the attention of every fierce creature imaginable – little boys, ducks, even foxes!In fact she worries so much that he is never let out of the house because he might get hurt or sick. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize ( Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award ( Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award ( Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award ( Bottoms Up). If she hadn't wrapped him in cotton then he wouldn't have been mistaken for a snowball, a piece of delicious bread, or a fat white rabbit. As a result, little Colin goes off all the time, and though bad things do sometimes happen, it's definitely worth it in the end.