"Huge-hearted, humorous high jinks abound in this story about a small boy in a BIG world of giants"
June 2022 Debut of the Month
Driven by 10-year-old Harvey Small’s entertaining tendency to get into strange scrapes, Hannah Moffat’s delightful debut is Small in name and big on zany antics, with Rory Walker’s detailed illustrations adding to the wacky fun.
Harvey’s tenth birthday sees him gifted a pair of stilts, a pair of oversized “sludge-brown dungarees”, a huge green velvet hat, and “absolutely NO football boots”. But, as it turns out, the stilts are going to come in handier than expected.
As a result of Harvey getting into a series of unfortunate scrapes – among them accidently killing the school hamster, and setting fire to the headmaster’s trousers – his mum has been struggling to find him a new school. Until now – thanks to the stilts giving a small boy the appearance of someone much bigger, Harvey has been accepted into Madame Bogbrush's School for Gifted Giants.
But the trouble is, the giants have a habit of bashing Smalls (AKA humans), so it’s imperative for him to keep his true identity secret. Cue much mayhem and pacey peril…
Harvey is a small boy in a giant world. On stilts! When Harvey accidentally sets fire to his headteacher's trousers, Mum decides it's time for a BIG change and packs him off to Madame Bogbrush's School for Gifted Giants.
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Harvey is a small boy in a giant world. On stilts!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Small! and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
Small! features in the following genres: Books to Motivate Reluctant Readers age 7+, Recommendations, Debuts of the Month, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, School Stories, Featured Books for 7+ readers
Paperback. £6.29, down from the £6.99 cover price. In Stock.
Small! was written by Hannah Moffatt and published by Everything with Words
Small! has 216 pages
£6.29, reduced from £6.99. In Stock.
