Grey: A picture book poem about feelings and acceptance by Laura Dockrill - ISBN: 9781529511536
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When feelings fade to grey, acceptance brings back the color.
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Grey: A picture book poem about feelings and acceptance

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    40 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2025

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Summary

An iconic picture book collaboration about feelings and acceptance from two of the most beloved voices in children’s literature.

Beautifully crafted compositions together with simple die-cut design, reveal the story of a child who feels as though all their colours have disappeared. Despite the joyful orange balloon, the huge yellow sun and the bright green trees, the child still feels grey. That is until a reassuring hand reaches out and shares words of kindness. Soon…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529511536
ISBN-10:1529511534
Author:Laura Dockrill
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Imprint:Walker Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:40
Release Date:1 May 2025
Weight:340g
Dimensions:10mm x 246mm x 286mm
Audience Age:3-7
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Grey: A picture book poem about feelings and acceptance by Laura Dockrill - ISBN: 9781529511536
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While Grey is aimed at younger readers 3+, the novel speaks to people of all ages. Blending its timeless themes and easy-to-digest writing, this lends itself well to bedtime reading. Anyone and everyone will get something out of this beautiful story. * Better Reading *

About The Author

Laura Dockrill

Laura Dockrill, a graduate of the Brit School of Performing Arts, is a performance poet, an author and an illustrator. At the age of twenty-two, she was named one of The Times’ “Top Ten Literary Stars”. She is the author of the bestselling Darcy Burdock series, the first of which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Her adult book What Have I Done is an honest memoir about suffering post-natal mental illness. Her debut picture book, and first collaboration with Maria Karipidou, was Angry Cookie. Laura lives in south-west London.

Lauren Child is an award-winning artist and writer. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Clarice Bean, Charlie and Lola, Hubert Horatio and Ruby Redfort. Lauren won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2000 for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, the first of her Charlie and Lola picture books. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature, and was announced as the tenth Waterstones’ Children’s Laureate in 2017. Her books have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Lauren lives in north-west London.

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