Cottonwool Colin

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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. I am a teacher but I am also a Mom and I have to admit that, like Colin, my students are probably smarter than me on this one! Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including POLLY POCKET and THE SLOW NORRIS, and a pilot TV series for DR XARGLE. Definitely worth a peek if you want literary fare that's appropriate for the kiddies but not the usual rigmarole you encounter.

She won't let him outside because she fears that he will get hurt--after all, he's a very small mouse. When grandma suggests they wrap him up in cotton before allowing him to venture out on his own, Colin goes along with it to get out of the stifling house. 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). The fabulous team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross have brought us a fantastic story to read to our Moms!

When it comes to comparing him to his nine brothers and sisters, Colin is clearly the smallest mouse of them all. Jena: “Trust them because one day they’ll get older and they won’t know how to take care of themselves. 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.

A great story about a little mouse named Colin, who compared to his brothers and sisters, was very small indeed. Due to his size his mother did not like him adventuring out in case he got hurt, until they came up with a plan and wrapped him all up with cotton wool, so not to get hurt. I do not find that it is something that a child could really get into, but I would still recommend to give as a gift to those who are getting ready to explore and/or for those who may fear the exploration that their child is preparing to endure. In fact she worries so much that he is never let out of the house because he might get hurt or sick.

So small that his Mom only agrees to allow him outside into the great big world if she can wrap him in cottonwool. 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. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you.