Aistear recommended
This story is about a ' something else 'who is always diferent from everyone else, it wants so much to be the same but it is always different. Until the day it meets another something else! Something else finds it a bit hard to accept the new creature at first and then it realises that their differences are strengths and they become best friends. They met a human at the end of the story who really is a'something else'!! This story gently helps children understand how people can be different and shows them a way to accept others who are different to them.
Book Description
Doodle is feeling bitey. And what better to bite than a big BOTTOM - Tumpty's! But poor sore Tumpty is so upset he stamps on Doodle's tail ... and now both of them are upset ... and before long everyone is upset! When Doodle and Tumpty apologize, everyone can be happy again. But Doodle is still feeling just a little bit bitey...
Review
"* "Nobody can draw anything more instantly loveable than one of Dunbar's characters." Independent on Sunday" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
About the Author
Polly Dunbar is a much lauded author-illustrator, whose works - as well as the soon-to-be-televised Tilly and Friends series - include Penguin (9781844280650), Dog Blue (9781844285143) and Flyaway Katie (9781844285174). Polly thinks that colour is a brilliant way to cheer yourself up and whenever she's feeling grey, she puts on her best pink frock and paints. Polly lives and works in Brighton, Sussex. www.pollydunbar.com