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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…
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Small! Synopsis
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.
But Harvey's not a giant. He's a boy on stilts. And if his classmates find out, they'll stomp him into a sandwich!
Also available, the follow-up Small Bites Back
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9781911427278 |
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16th June 2022 |
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Hannah Moffatt |
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Everything with Words |
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Paperback |
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216 pages |
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Hannah Moffatt Press Reviews
'A funny, heartwarming delightful debut' The Bookseller A GIANT TRIUMPH! - A.F Steadman, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
'A totally original tall tale that's spurt-your-tea-out funny.' - Lucy Brandt, Leonora Bolt: Secret inventor
'Vast in humour and heart. A giant of a book' Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller
'It's funny, it's silly and it's simply delightful. Fun with a giant-sized 'F' Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Never Show a T-Rex a Book
'Funny and yucky..likely to be a hit read aloud". Sunday Times Book Best children's Books 2022
‘Riotous fun’ —Amanda Craig, New Statesman
‘If you’re a fan of Roald Dahl and the BFG or the Twits – this would be the perfect choice for you!’ - Book Clubs in Schools
‘Bursting with big laughs, literally larger-than-life characters and more crazy ideas than you can shake a pair of stilts at, Small! is an absolute riot.' - James Harris, The Unbelievable Biscuit Factory
‘It’s epic. Massive fun, giant amounts of silliness and a huge heart. I loved every page of it.’ - Tom Vaughan, Bin Boy
‘This seriously silly story has enough bogeys, burps, and bad smells to entertain any 9-11 year old; but underneath the stinky swamp goblins and swamp-paste sandwiches, there’s a strong message about not carrying the blame for things that aren’t your fault.’ - Book Trust
About Hannah Moffatt
Hannah Moffatt is a creative director at a language and behavioural science consultancy, where she spends her days writing very sensible things for businesses. At night, she escapes into the beautifully bonkers world of middle grade fiction, where she writes significantly less sensible things for children. Hannah lives in London with her husband and a sombrero-wearing toy hedgehog named Cedric.
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