The Very Small [Hardcover]

The Very Small is lost, and when Giant Baby Bear finds him wandering in the woods he decides to take him home to Giant Mummy Bear and Giant Daddy Bear. But as much as The Very Small is grateful that Giant Baby Bear is happy to share his parents with him, nothing can rid him of the feeling that he doesn't quite fit in, and he really really wants to go home...

The Very Small is pure delight from beginning to end, with a charming, gently funny story and cute illustrations, which together explore the idea of sharing and noticing that not everyone in the world is exactly the same.--Susan Harrison

'The difference between big and small has never been delivered with such poetry' Guardian --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

An adorable tale of blossoming friendship from a bestselling picture book duo. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

The Very Small has got lost in the forest. When Giant Baby Bear finds him, he is introduced to a gigantic world where he can make a whole meal out of a few crumbs and can have a bath in a soapdish. It's lots of fun, but it's not still not like home for the Very Small who longs to be back where he belongs at bedtime...A heart-warming picture book from the bestselling author and illustrator of Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep, of which the Guardian said, 'If ever there were a perfect bedtime book, this has to be it.'

"You're very small," said Giant Baby Bear. "I'm lost," cried The Very Small.

When Giant Baby Bear finds a very small something lost in the woods, he only wants to help. He takes The Very Small home to meet his very big mummy and daddy and invites him to share his very big dinner and his very big bath. The Very Small is beginning to enjoy it all, until bedtime, when he finds that Giant Baby Bear's enormous pillow isn't the best place to be...

Biography for Joyce Dunbar Joyce Dunbar is a widely respected author of more than fifty books for children. Her MOUSE AND MOLE series has been very popularly adapted for television and her lyrical re-telling of the Nativity story, THIS IS THE STAR, received widespread critical acclaim. She has also collaborated with artist Debi Gliori for several picture books for the Doubleday/Picture Corgi list, including TELL ME SOMETHING HAPPY BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP. Biography for Debi Gliori Debi Gliori is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including the very popular Mr Bear series. She won the Children’s Book Award picture book section, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1997. Her backlist in Doubleday/Corgi includes TELL ME SOMETHING HAPPY BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP and THE VERY SMALL. PURE DEAD MAGIC, the start of a trilogy, was her first novel. The second part, PURE DEAD WICKED was published in April 2002. Debi lives in Scotland, near Edinburgh. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.