But instead of keeping him safe, the cotton wool attracts the attention of every fierce creature imaginable little boys, ducks, even foxes! I think this book would be a more approprete for 3rd and 4th graders due to the concept of the book about the mouse growing up and being able to go out and faceing to the big wide world. So small that his Mom only agrees to allow him outside into the great big world if she can wrap him in cottonwool. A great story about a little mouse named Colin, who compared to his brothers and sisters, was very small indeed. 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.

If she hadn't wrapped him in cotton then he wouldn't have been mistaken for a snowball, a piece of delicious bread, or a fat white rabbit. 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. Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world.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.

He's the kind of illustrator that can show the world's largest conker heading straight for a little mouse holding a delicate umbrella and make it clear in some odd sense that this is one of the mouse's mother's paranoid fantasies. 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.A little message, not too subtly brought home, but it's in the nature of a fable so it doesn't bother us, and the ending is very empowering to the child reader. 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). In fact she worries so much that he is never let out of the house because he might get hurt or sick. Looking like nothing so much as a fluffy white sphere, the little mouse promptly gets thrown and chased about, all because of his bright white, easy to spot, covering.