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Cottonwool Colin

Author: Jeanne Willis  

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A wonderful life-affirming picture book about growing up and letting go from the inimitable award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

His mother refuses to let him play outside with his brothers and sisters unless he is wrapped in a big fluffy ball of cotton wool. After a day of being flung, pecked and chased, Colin returns home without his cotton wool, but feeling much BIGGER, and ready to tell his mother that he can look after himself.

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A wonderful life-affirming picture book about growing up and letting go from the inimitable award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

His mother refuses to let him play outside with his brothers and sisters unless he is wrapped in a big fluffy ball of cotton wool. After a day of being flung, pecked and chased, Colin returns home without his cotton wool, but feeling much BIGGER, and ready to tell his mother that he can look after himself.

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Colin is small, even for a mouse. His mother refuses to let him play outside with his brothers and sisters unless he is wrapped in a big fluffy ball of cotton wool. But instead of keeping him safe, the cotton wool attracts the attention of every fierce creature imaginable little boys, ducks, even foxes! After a day of being flung, pecked and chased, Colin returns home without his cotton wool, but feeling much BIGGER, and ready to tell his mother that he can look after himself.

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Critic Reviews

"Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross's robust sense of humour, plain common sense and pure fun in addressing all that is most mad about our attitudes to parenting make them essential for readers aged 4+" The Times

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About the Author

Jeanne Willis is one of our best-loved authors of children's books, and also writes for television and video companies. She has two young children. Tony Ross is one of the UK's top children's book illustrators, whose books are published all over the world.

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Back Cover

Colin was the delicate one in the family. His mother molly-coddled him. But, finally, Colin was allowed into the world. Sometimes he got scared, sometimes he got hurt. But ohhhhhh...it was worth it!

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Product Details

Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Published
4th September 2008
Pages
32
ISBN
9781842707197

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