Meet Milo. He’s a rhino and likes to do rhino-y things, like painting, singing, climbing, mountain-biking.
It’s while watching his favourite action hero Spike-O Mcree in a pirate film that Milo picks up what he thinks is a key piece of information: rhinos don’t cry. It’s a doctrine he takes to heart, but it’s really put to the test when the family’s little cat Pickles gets lost.
Fortunately, an unexpected meeting with Spike-O himself gets Milo rethinking things, and then the happy reappearance of Pickles puts everything right. There’ll hardly be a dry eye in the house at the end of this lively, funny, satisfying rhyming story which delivers an important message about showing your feelings even amongst the humour of the setting and situation.
Milo’s a rhino. He likes to do all sorts of rhino-y things . . . He likes writing and climbing and banister-sliding and mountain bike riding, he paints and he sings. Milo just loves being a rhino – but there’s one small problem . . . rhinos don’t cry. At least that’s what Spike-O Mcree, his movie-star hero, always says. But when Milo meets Spike-O face to face, he finds out that not only is crying OK, it’s also very brave! This energetic and engaging rhyming story is the first in a series of books highlighting the importance of children expressing their feelings. Mark Grist is a multi-award-winning poet and international battle rapper with over 40 million views for his poetry and rap videos online.
An ex-teacher, Mark Grist is now a multi-award-winning poet and international battle rapper with over 40 million views for his poetry & rap videos online. He has been honoured in two categories at the Webby Awards, won two Lovie Awards for his poetry online and toured hundreds of schools around the world. Recently, Mark's work has appeared on BBC1, ITV, BBC Teach, Channel 4 and BBC 6 music.
As well as writing picture books for Bloomsbury, Mark is working on a second series of his hit podcast 'Mark Can't Rap', which is backed by Arts Council England & National Centre for Writing. He lives in Peterborough.
