So Much
Trish Cooke author Helen Oxenbury illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Published:5th Sep '19
£8.99
Available for immediate dispatch.
A special 25th anniversary edition of a modern classic, this is a tender, exuberant celebration of modern family life.
Mum and baby are home alone when – DING DONG! – Auntie and then Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and the cousins come to visit. And they all want to hug and kiss and squeeze and eat the baby right up ... because everybody loves the baby SO MUCH!
A special 25th anniversary edition of a multiple award-winning story, So Much is a celebration of family life. Helen Oxenbury's characteristically warm, funny illustrations, paired with Trish Cooke's rhythmic, cumulative story capture the joy of being a baby in a large extended family – a baby who knows that he is absolutely, utterly adored.
With a foreword and gorgeous golden foil on the cover and spine, this edition is one to share and treasure.
Voted one of the 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time * BBC *
Featured in ‘The Guardian’s Top Ten’ in Nursery World. * Nursery World *
This book is a joy, and features all of the wonderful family members in baby's life that love him 'so much', and the ways that they show that love. * Grazia *
So Much perfectly captures the pure joy of having a new baby in an extended family. […] There is nothing saccharine about this book; it is just so much…fun. * Top 50 Books Every Child Should Read, Good Housekeeping *
A joyful celebration of family life. * Little London *
- Winner of British Book Design and Production Awards 1994 (UK)
- Winner of Kurt Maschler Award 1994 (UK)
- Winner of Nestle Smarties Book Prize 1994 (UK)
- Winner of Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2004 (UK)
- Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal (CILIP) 1994 (UK)
ISBN: 9781406390728
Dimensions: 300mm x 250mm x 5mm
Weight: 335g
48 pages